AP LANG: Vocab Tone Words

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Irreverent

Lacking proper respect

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Tranquil

Free from disturbance or turmoil

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Supercilious

Disdainful; haughtily; scornful

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Acerbic

Acidic; bitter; sharp

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Ribald

Humor that is vulgar or lewd

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Elegiac

Mournful; expressing sorrow

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Laudatory

Pertaining to or expressing praise

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Iconoclastic

Attacking traditional or popular ideas or institutions

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Clinical

Highly objective; rigorously scientific

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Obsequious

Fawning; overly attentive or compliant

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Didactic

In a tone intended to preach or sermonize

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Poignant

Affecting the emotions strongly

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Pithy

Precisely meaningful; short and catchy

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Pedantic

Overly scholastic or unimaginative