Tone Quiz #2

Irenic

________- tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory.

heartfelt manner

Effusive- expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or ________ elegiac- mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful.

erudite

scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

Impertinent

________- not showing proper respect; rude; improperly forward or bold.

steady temper

Equanimous- of an even, composed frame of mind; of a(n) ________; not easily elated or depressed equivocal- open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous; non- committal.

Incendiary

________- tending to inflame or stir up divisiveness and controversy; inflammatory.

Jocular

________- humorous, jesting, jolly, joking.

ecstatic

feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement.

realistic suspicions

Leery- cautious or wary due to ________.

dispassionate

impartial; calm, free from emotion

dogmatic

strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

ecstatic

feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement

edifying

instructing and improving spiritually or morally

effervescent

showing high spirits; bubbly

facetious

humorous, not meant seriously; flippant

glum

moody; gloomy; dour

haughty

arrogantly superior and disdainful

impartial

unbiased; neutral

impertinent

not showing proper respect; rude; improperly forward or bold

incendiary

tending to inflame or stir up divisiveness and controversy; inflammatory

insolent

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

introspective

contemplating one's own thoughts and feelings

irenic

tending to promote peace or reconciliation; peaceful or conciliatory

irked

annoyed; bothered

jocular

humorous, jesting, jolly, joking

jovial

good-humored, in high spirits; merry

laconic

concise, using few words

lachrymose

tearful, weepy

leery

cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions

judicious

marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters

frenzied

wildly excited of uncontrolled; frantic and furious

frenetic

fast and energetic in a rather wild or uncontrolled way; wild and rabid

fanatical

acting excessively enthusiastic; filled with extreme, unquestioned devotion; obsessively concerned

esoteric

intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest

equanimous

of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed

elegiac

mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

effusive

expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner