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Brooksen15 Tone - 20 Questions
20 Multiple Choice Questions
1. producing keen or strong emotion; totally touching
a. flippant
b. mordant
c. poignant
d. indignant
2. boorish, rude
a. hubris
b. erudite
c. churlish
d. caustic
3. sorrowful lamentation
a. aloof
b. elegiac
c. reflective
d. jovial
4. passive, accepting as inevitable
a. jejune
b. resigned
c. ribald
d. reticent
5. uncaring
a. empathetic
b. apathetic
c. caustic
d. sardonic
6. enticing, beguiling, captivating
a. seductive
b. effusive
c. erudite
d. derisive
7. abusive, or irreverent; vulgar or indecent
a. hubris
b. ribald
c. cynical
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d. resigned
8. skeptical and unbelieving
a. unctuous
b. obsequious
c. incredulous
d. Facetious
9. to act in an obsequious manner
a. kowtowing
b. patronizing
c. sardonic
d. enervating
10. not emotionally involved, at a distance
a. gauche
b. morose
c. callous
d. aloof
11. totally rejecting of established laws or institutions.
a. Nihilistic
b. didactic
c. caustic
d. apathetic
12. with an air of superiority, talking down to
a. contemptuous
b. incensed
c. condescending
d. kowtowing
13. carefree and unconcerned
a. fatuous
b. frivolous
c. callous
d. Facetious
14. foolish or insane
a. callous
b. Facetious
c. fatuous
d. pompous
15. overly obedient, dutiful, brown-nosing, fawning
a. malicious
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b. obsequious
c. lugubrious
d. Facetious
16. haughty, disdainful or contemptuous
a. malicious
b. supercilious
c. audacious
d. lugubrious
17. personal and emotional
a. indignant
b. sentimental
c. erudite
d. intimate
18. recklessly bold or contemptuous;
a. Facetious
b. audacious
c. malicious
d. laudatory
19. laid back, unwilling to get involved
a. seductive
b. intimate
c. laissez-faire
d. reflective
20. caustic or sarcastic in a mean way
a. earnest
b. mordant
c. morose
d. poignant
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