Ap Lang Tone- words A-C

allusive

• hot-tempered, easily angered

• charging of wrong doing

• assured; certain; trustful

• full of allusions

admonitory

• charging of wrong doing

• denying the sincerity of people' s motives and actions

• expressing disdain, or scorn, or intense disgust

• serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach

choleric

• hot-tempered, easily angered

• odd, strange, fantastic; fun

• noun hatred, ill will

• scornfully and bitterly sarcastic

clinical

• inclined to judge - severely and find fault; crucial or decisive as in the forming of a turning point; characterized by careful or exact judgment

• difficult or distasteful to accept, admit or bear; exhibiting strong animosity; expressing severe grief, anguish, or disappointment; marked by resentment or cynicism

• denying the sincerity of people' s motives and actions

• purely scientific; dispassionately curious; impersonal

condescending

• graciously willing to do something regarded as beneath one's dignity; to deal with others in a proud or haughty way

• lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

• anxious or fearful about the future; capable of understanding and quick to understand

• broadly comic or satirical imitation as of writing, play, etc.; derisive caricature; low comedy

complimentary

• conveying or expressing praise, commendation or admiration

• serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach

• expressing disdain, or scorn, or intense disgust

• opposing and actively competing with another; adversarial

cynical

• lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

• conveying or expressing praise, commendation or admiration

• serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach

• denying the sincerity of people' s motives and actions

caustic

• indifferent due to lack of energy or concern

• denying the sincerity of people' s motives and actions

• frank, outspoken; open and sincere

• intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting

benevolent

• doing or inclined to do good; charitable

• studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue

• lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality

• serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach

conventional

• expressing disdain, or scorn, or intense disgust

• denying the sincerity of people' s motives and actions

• serving to warn; expressing reproof or reproach

• lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality