Synonyms
What's That Tone? (week 1)
What's That Tone? (week 3)
What's That Tone? (week 4)
Synonyms
100

Cheerful is the synonym for which tone word? 

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Pollyannaish

100

Cleopatra: You dirty, slimy freaks! Freak, freak! Get out of here! (She threw the contents of her drinking cup at them) Hercules: Get out! You heard her! Get out! Ha, ha, ha. Cleopatra: You filth! Make me one of you, will you!

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Abhorrent

100

I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes.

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Fervent

100

    I can do this. I will pass this test. I stayed up for hours on end the last week studying. Me doing bad isn't even a thought in my mind, there's no way it could happen. Nothing and no one will bring me done.

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)

Indomitable

100

 Passionate is the synonym for which tone word

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Fervent

200

Impartial is the synonym for which tone word? 

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Detached

200

 There was a delay in the start of the project, attributable to circumstances beyond the control of all relevant parties. Progress came to a standstill, and no one was prepared to undertake the assessment of the problem and determination of the solution.

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Cerebral

200

As the sun began to set on that eerie Kansas night, the residents of Shawville had no idea what was coming there way. The vast black gray clouds slithered through the sky with the occasional lightning strike. The thunderstorm was expected to be the greatest of their worries, they never imagined in their wildest nightmares that a cyclone of death that would necessitate an F6 rating would crash down into their town.”

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Sinister

200

I can remember the beautiful summers when we were together. Yellow would be the perfect color to describe it, so vibrant and full of life.  I long for it to be that way yet again. You were so handsome and eye catching. When we meet it was the perfect collusion, oh how I wish it could be that way.

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)


Wistful

200

Discouraged is the synonym for which tone word? 

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene)

Despondent

300

Argumentative is the synonym for which tone word?

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful) 

Defiant

300

Boss, I’ve got that report ready. You know the one you needed tomorrow? Well it’s on your desk as we speak. And before I forget to mention I took the liberty to pick up the slack of some of the others around and polish up those quarterly spreadsheets. Speaking of polishing up, love the new shoes.

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Fawning

300

Coca Cola Letters: ‘“We note with sympathy your feeling that you have a proprietary interest in the phrase ‘It's the real thing,’ and I can fully understand that the public might be confused by our use of the expression, and mistake a book by a Harlem schoolteacher for a six-pack of Coca-Cola. Accordingly, we have instructed all our salesmen to notify bookstores that whenever a customer comes in and asks for a copy of Diary of a Harlem Schoolteacher they should request the sales personnel to make sure that what the customer wants is the book, rather than a Coke. This, we think, should protect your interest and in no way harm ours.’”

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Acerbic

300
  1. "In the ghoulish manner of journalists on the hunt for the most striking pictures, my cameraman … and I tramped from one hut to another. What might have appalled us when we’d started our trip just a few days before no longer impressed us much. The search for the shocking is like the craving for a drug: you require heavier and more frequent doses the longer you’re at it. Pictures that stun the editors one day are written off as the same old stuff the next.  …It is just a fact of life. It’s how we collect and compile the images that so move people in the comfort of their sitting rooms back home."

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)

Callous

300

Overjoyed is the synonym for which tone word?

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)

Exultant

400

Loathsome is the synonym for which tone word? 

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene)

Abhorrent

400

Raymond 'Red' Reddington from Blacklist: “I was once on the island of Ko Ri, free diving in the Andaman Sea. I fell terribly ill, stung by a lionfish. I was dehydrated and in excruciating pain. I had lost all sense of time and place, completely disoriented. But I knew I was dying. So I readied myself for it. And in that moment at death's door, I looked up... And standing over me in the brightness was this landless Moken Sea Gypsy. Just standing there. Smiling. She and her tribe nursed me back to health. Good as new. When I left the island, she kissed me, it was like a burst of sunlight on my cheek. It was... It made nearly dying well worth it. That's how I feel now.”

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Mirthful

400

True compassion includes anger

I don't believe in being humble anymore

humble is a religion-induced repression.

 

I was painfully shy for ten years.

Innocence can just as easily form into arrogant behaviour,

as pride can transform luck into 

unsubstantiated claims of greatness. 

 

Righteousness is the key ingredient in ignorance.

and an insult to anger made genuine by just principle.

Ego is just one third of you.

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Pompous

400

“And then I feel as if I'm witnessing a miracle, as ever so slowly she raises her face towards the moon. I watch her drink in the sight, sensing the flood of memories she's unleashed and wanting nothing more than to let her know I'm here. But instead I stay where I am and stare up at the moon as well. And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)

Wistful

400

Cynical is the synonym for which tone word? 

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Misanthropic

500

Vain is the synonym for which tone word? 

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Pompous

500

"We want to believe. Young students try to believe in older authors, constituents try to believe in their congressmen, countries try to believe in their statesmen, but they can't. Too many voices, too much scattered, illogical ill-considered criticism."(This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald) 

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, Pollyannaish, serene)

Despondent

500

“I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally. ”

(acerbic, chagrined, detached, fervent, insular, misanthropic, pompous, sinister)

Misanthropic

500

I don't know about changing my perspective, because motherhood is such a glorious blessing and I am very thankful for that. It's such a beautiful experience. I so strongly recommend it. It's bliss, love and fulfillment of another level.     -Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

(callous, defiant, exultant, indomitable, methodical, piqued, sardonic, wistful)

Exultant

500

Cheeky is the synonym for which tone word? 

(abhorrent, cerebral, despondent, fawning, insolent, mirthful, pollyannaish, serene)

Insolent

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