Rhetoric (Tone) List 3

What does 'Conciliatory' mean?

• intended to placate

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• full of or marked by indignant ill will

• feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

What does 'Caustic' mean?

• intended to placate

• harsh or corrosive in tone

• full of or marked by indignant ill will

• joyously unrestrained

What does 'Resentful' mean?

• full of or marked by indignant ill will

• feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

• joyously unrestrained

• cleverly amusing in tone

What does 'Reverent' mean?

• feeling or showing profound respect or veneration

• characterized by intense emotion

• showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

• joyously unrestrained

What does 'Exuberant' mean?

• joyously unrestrained

• characterized by intense emotion

• cleverly amusing in tone

• showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

What does 'Facetious' mean?

• cleverly amusing in tone

• characterized by intense emotion

• showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

• joyously unrestrained

What does 'Fervent' mean?

• characterized by intense emotion

• showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

• joyously unrestrained

• full of or marked by indignant ill will

What does 'Flippant' mean?

• showing an inappropriate lack of seriousness

• characterized by intense emotion

• joyously unrestrained

• cleverly amusing in tone