<p>2016 AP Language and Composition/ Sandvick </p><p>Tone Words List #2 </p><p>Dispassionate: Not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial; cool; unbiased.</p><p>Dogmatic: asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated</p><p>Ecstatic: Feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement; rapturous.</p><p>Edifying: Providing moral or intellectual instruction; instructive.</p><p>Effervescent: Vivacious and enthusiastic; bubbly; sparkling.</p><p>Effusive: Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner; demonstrative; expansive.</p><p>Elegiac (el-i- jahy - uh k): Having a mournful quality; doleful; expressing sorrow for that which is irrecoverably past.</p><p>Equanimous (ih-kwan-uh-muh s): Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.</p><p>Equivocal: Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous; Uncertain or questionable in nature; Non-committal.</p><p>Erudite: characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly</p><p>Esoteric: understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest; recondite</p><p>Facetious (fuh-see-shuh s): Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant; not meant to be taken seriously or literally.</p><p>Fanatical: Possessed with or motivated by excessive, irrational zeal; Obsessively concerned with something.</p><p>Frenetic: Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way; Wild and rabid.</p><p>Frenzied: Wildly excited or uncontrolled; frantic and furious.</p><p>Glum: Looking or feeling dejected; morose; gloomy and sulky.</p><p>Haughty: Arrogantly superior and disdainful; lofty and prideful.</p><p>Impartial: not partial or biased; fair; just.</p><p>Impertinent: Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold; brash; rude. 2016 AP Language and Composition/ Sandvick </p><p>Incendiary: Tending to inflame or stir up divisiveness and controversy; inflammatory.</p><p>Insolent: Showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect; saucy; pert.</p><p>Introspective: Reflective; inward looking; given to self-examination.</p><p>Irenic (ahy-ren-ik): Promoting peace; conciliatory.</p><p>Irked: Irritated; annoyed.</p><p>Jocular: Fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful; comic.</p><p>Jovial: Cheerful and friendly; joyful; merry.</p><p>Judicious: Having, showing, or done with good judgment or sense.</p><p>Laconic: Using very few words; Brief; short and succinct.</p><p>Lachrymose (lak-ruh-mohs): Tearful or given to weeping; inducing tears.</p><p>Leery: Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions; distrustful.</p>