9th Lit Vocabulary

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9th Lit Vocabulary
Tone Words Week 2
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Effusive
Hes the most charming manI only had one moment
with him in that film and its a great source of
regret. I love spending time with him. Hes
always very open and effusive. Russel Crowe
(about Kevin Spacey)
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Effusive

• Definition adj. gushy, unrestrained in
  emotional expression

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Objective

• A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in
  the cosmos or in politics. Howard Fineman

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Objective

• Definition adj. without bias

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Colloquial

• He confronts problems very directly and in
  colloquial language. He has a great capacity for
  communication with the ordinary citizen.
  Alfredo Rangel

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Colloquial

• Definition adj. informal speech

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Disparaging

• People disparage knowing and the intellectual
  life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,
  if only I could know. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Disparaging

• Definition adj. insulting, derogative

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Astonished

• I have been astonished that men could die
  martyrs for religion I have shuddered at it. I
  shudder no more I could be martyred for my
  religion Love is my religion I could die for
  that. John Keats

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Astonished

• Definition adj. amazed, surprised

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Hostile

• The universe seems neither benign nor hostile,
  merely indifferent. Carl Sagan

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Hostile

• Definition adj. antagonistic, showing
  hostility, not warm or friendly

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Bombastic

• I thought it would be good for me to do
  something bigger, more bombastic, more physical.
  I had a blast making the film. Jason
  Schwartzman

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Bombastic

• Definition adj. arrogant, pompous

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Cynical

• I reject the cynical view that politics is a
  dirty business. Richard M. Nixon

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Cynical

• Definition adj. distrust of human nature,
  pessimistic

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Sarcastic

• Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because
  comedy is often the sarcastic realization of
  inescapable tragedy. Bryant H. McGill

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Sarcastic

• Definition adj. mocking humor

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Romantic

• As I gaze upon the sea! All the romantic
  legends, all my dreams, come back to me. Henry
  Wadsworth Longfellow

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Romantic

• Definition adj. fanciful, impractical,
  unrealistic