Tone and Mood Words List 4

dreary means...

• pecuinary

• judicial

• grim

• acute

desperate means...

• without qualification

• capable of being seen

• dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

• easily hurt

dignified means...

• stately

• ancient

• negative

• offended

distressed means...

• having or put to an actual purpose or use

• produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation

• having no limits or boundaries in time or space

• afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble

Which of these is best described as a dream?

• the desire to become a famous doctor

• the fear of failing a math test

• the strange meat in the cafeteria

• the bus ride from home to school

despair means to...

• touch lightly and briefly

• wander from a direct course or at random

• look at with fixed eyes

• abandon hope

derogatory means...

• declarative

• defensible

• demeaning

• democratic

Which of the following people is expressing dislike?

• a businesswoman who signs a contract

• a farmer who rotates the crops planted in different fields

• a student who forgets an important assignment at home

• a boy who refuses to hang out with a classmate

________ means discouraged or sad because what you hoped for didn't happen. If you write a fan letter to your favorite actress hoping for a personal reply, you're likely to be ________.

• determined

• derogatory

• disappointed

• depressed

When something is ________ it's depressing or lifeless in a rainy-day way. I finished my work, there was nothing on TV, and the rain just wouldn't stop: what a ________ day!

• desolate

• diabolic

• discontent

• dreary