Tone Vocab

ap lit

benevolent

kindly, charitable

conciliatory

appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

ebullient

cheerful and full of energy

elegiac

mourning that which is lost or past; sorrowful

euphoric

TAKE ME TO EUPHORIAAAAAAAA intense excitement and happiness.

exuberant

high-spirited, enthusiastic, unrestrained; excessive, abundant

jocund

cheerful and lighthearted

ominous

unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen

pensive

thoughtful; melancholy

sanguine

cheerful; optimistic

whimsical

playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way

wistful

vague or regretful longing

wry

using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

didactic

intended to instruct

lyrical

Songlike; characterized by emotions, subjectivity, and imagination.

pithy

brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

reminiscent

Reminding of the past

admonitory

giving or conveying a warning or reprimand

burlesque

a ludicrous, mocking, lewd imitation

colloqial

informal language

diffident

shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved

effusive

emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative

fervent

eager; earnest

mock-heroic

imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic subject

mock-serious

of a pretended serious look or act

nostalgic

longing for the past

reticent

silent; reserved

stoic

indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive

zealous

eager, earnest, devoted, fervent, fanatical

audacious

bold, adventurous, recklessly daring

brusque

short, abrupt, dismissive

choleric

easily made angry, bad-tempered

contentious

quarrelsome, inclined to argue

derisive

ridiculing, mocking

facetious

humorous, not meant seriously

flippant

lacking in seriousness, disrespectful, saucy

haughty

arrogant, condescending

insipid

lacking flavor; dull; not at all stimulating

insolent

showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

lugubrious

looking or sounding sad and dismal

pretentious

pompous, self-important

sardonic

grimly or scornfully mocking, bitterly sarcastic

simpering

smile or gesture in an affectedly coquettish, coy, or ingratiating manner.

staid

serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

timorous

Fearful, timid

vitriolic

filled with bitter criticism or malice