AP Lit: Tone Vocab Words List #2

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Coy

flirtatiously shy; playfully aloof 

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Deferential

respectful; humble; submissive; yielding

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Derisive

snide; sarcastic; mocking; dismissive; scornful

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Didactic

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

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Dignified

serious; respectful; formal; proper

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Diplomatic

tactful; subtle; sensitive; thoughtful

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Disparaging

dismissive; critical; scornful

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Docile

compliant; submissive; deferential; accommodating

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Earnest

showing deep sincerity or feeling; serious

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Eulogistic

paying tribute to someone; laudatory; praising

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Evasive

ambiguous; cryptic; unclear

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Facetious

inappropriate; flippant

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Farcical

ludicrous; absurd; mocking; humorous and highly improbable

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Flippant

superficial; glib; shallow; thoughtless; frivolous

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Frank

honest; direct; plain; matter-of-fact

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Ghoulish

delighting in the revolting or the loathsome

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