Unit 3 Vocabulary: Tone and Rhetorically Accurate Verbs

Dubitable

Open to doubt; questionable or uncertain

Incredulous

Unwilling or unable to believe something; skeptical

Sanctimonious

Making a hypocritical show of being morally superior or holier than others

Priggish

Self-righteously moralistic, smug, or overly precise about rules.

Implacable

Incapable of being appeased, pacified, or changed.

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.

Bombastic

High-sounding and inflated language with little real meaning.

Dolorous

Expressing or causing great sorrow, grief, or pain.

Contrite

Feeling or expressing deep remorse or guilt for a wrongdoing.

Languid

Lacking energy or vitality; slow and relaxed.

Elegiac

Expressing sorrow or lamentation, especially for something past or lost.

Laconic

Using very few words; concise to the point of seeming blunt.

Elucidates

Making something clear; explains or illuminates

Postulates

Assumes or claims something as true as a basis for reasoning or argument.

Extrapolates

Extends or projects known information or trends to infer unknown values or future events.