Tone Words PDF

Name: 10. To join the cult, recruits had to shave their heads and walk over burning coals. n. ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Tone Words: Define the fol...

Name: 10. To join the cult, recruits had to shave their heads and walk over burning coals. n. ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Tone Words: Define the following tone words. Admonitory: ADJ. warning; expressing admonition--1. Gentle or friendly reproof; 2. Counsel or warning against fault or oversight Appreciative: ADJ. having or showing appreciation—1 (a.) a feeling of admiration, approval, or gratitude (b.) judgment, evaluation (c.) sensitive awareness 2. Increase in value Choleric: ADJ. 1. Easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger: hot-tempered 2. Angry, irate Formal: ADJ. 2. (a.) following or according with established form, custom, or rule (b.) done in due or lawful form 3. (a.) characterized by punctilious respect for form; methodical (c.) rigidly ceremonious; prim Hasty: ADJ. 1. (a.) done or made in a hurry (b.) fast and typically superficial (c.) rapid in action or movement; speedy 2. Acting too quickly; overly eager or impatient 3. Exhibiting a lack of careful thought or consideration; precipitate, rash 4. Prone to anger; irritable Melancholy: ADJ. 1. (a.) suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit (b.) causing or tending to cause sadness or depression of mind or spirit; dismal 2. (a.) depressed in spirits; dejected, sad (b.) pensive Pensive: ADJ. 1. Musingly or dreamily thoughtful 2. Suggestive of sad thoughtfulness Sulky: ADJ. 1. Morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful Tolerant: ADJ. 1. Inclined to tolerate—to allow to be or to be done without prohibition, hinderance or contradiction; to put up with Wry: ADJ. 2. Made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery 4. Cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous *All definitions from miriam-webster.com Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes The root arch means “rule,” “govern,” or “to be first.” The roots dem and demos mean “people.” The roots mit and mis mean “send.” The suffix ist means “one who practices or believes.” The suffix cracy means “rule by.” The suffix graphy means “writing about” or “study of.”