Honors 10 English ~ Vocabulary List Tone Words

Apathetic

Indifferent due to lack of energy or concern.

Caustic

Intense use of sarcasm; Severely critical

Callous

Unfeeling; Insensitive to feelings

Choleric

Hot tempered; Easily angered

Contemptuous

Showing that something is worthless; disrespectful

Conventional

Lacking spontaneity, originally, and individually

Didactic

Educational; instructional

Earnest

Serious in intention, purpose of effort

Erudite

Learned; polished; scholarly

Fanciful

Using the imagination

Forthright

Directly frank without hesitation

Indignant

Marked by anger aroused by injustice

Intimate

Very familiar or personal

Lyrical

Expressive of a poet's feelings; song like; full of images

Morose

Characterized by or expressing unhappiness; sullen

Obsequious

Polite and obedient in for hope of gain or favor

Patronizing

Apparently kind or helpful but betraying a feeling of superiority; condescending

Reverent

Treating a subject with honor and respect

Ribald

Offensive in speech or gesture

Sanguine

Optimistic; cheerful