Tone Vocabulary Practice Flashcards

A set of vocabulary flashcards defining tone words, their characteristics, and synonyms from the lecture notes.

Ludicrous

Humorous or highly improbable; absurd, mocking.

Glib

Thoughtless, carefree.

Flippant

Lacking proper respect or seriousness.

Frank

Honest, straightforward, blunt, direct, matter-of-fact.

Ghoulish

Delighting in the revolting or loathsome; synonyms include macabre, gruesome, grotesque, and ghastly.

Eulogistic

Paying tribute to someone, praising, flattering, commendatory.

Evasive

Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly; synonyms include ambiguous, cryptic, and unclear.

Facetious

Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; synonyms include inappropriate and flippant.

Coy

Kittenish, flirtatiously shy, playfully aloof.

Deferential

Respectful, humble, submissive, yielding; showing deference.

Diplomatic

Tactful, subtle, sensitive, thoughtful.

Disparaging

That disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon; synonyms include defamatory, snide, and derogatory.

Docile

Compliant, submissive, deferential, accommodating.

Earnest

Showing deep sincerity or feeling; serious.

Derisive

Expressing contempt or ridicule; synonyms include snide, sarcastic, mocking, dismissive, and scornful.

Didactic

In the manner of a teacher, in a lecturing way, patronizing.

Dignified

Serious, respectful, formal, proper.