1. All These Words Are Fair Game on Your Final!
Poetry Tone vocab
All These Words Are Fair Game on Your Final!

2. Apprehensive
Worried that something negative will happen

3. Nostalgic
A mixed feeling of happiness/sadness/longing when remembering a person, place, or event from the past,

4. Reticent
Unwilling to communicate very much, talk freely or reveal all the details about something

5. Disdainful
Extreme disgust for something or somebody

6. Trenchant
Direct and deliberately hurtful

7. Eulogistic
Full of praise for somebody or something

8. Cavalier
Showing an arrogant disregard or lack of respect for somebody or something

9. Condescending
Behaving toward other people in a way that implies you are better than them

10. Flippant
Showing a lack of seriousness that is thought of as inappropriate

11. Acquiescent
A tone of agreement or compliance in a passive, quiet way

12. Reproachful
Expressing disapproval or blame

13. Candid
Honest or direct in a way that people find refreshing

14. Poignant
Causing a sharp sense of sadness, pity, or regret

15. Entrancing
Holding one’s attention and producing a sense of wonder in that person

16. Whimsical
Imaginative and spur of the moment

17. Aghast
Overcome with shock and distress

18. Facetious
Inappropriate or insulting but hidden under a humorous tone

19. Naïve
Having/showing a very simple and trusting view of human nature, often seen as the result of youth or being childlike

20. Smug
Conceited and Self-satisfied