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Definitions for Tonal Quality Terms

Definitions for Tonal Quality Terms. The Catcher in the Rye and the Synthesis Essay. #1 - repulsive (adj.). Causing strong dislike or disgust – tending to repel or reject. #2 – moderate (adj.). Avoiding extremes fo behavior or expression Calm Limited in scope or effect.

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Definitions for Tonal Quality Terms

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  1. Definitions for Tonal Quality Terms The Catcher in the Rye and the Synthesis Essay

  2. #1 - repulsive (adj.) • Causing strong dislike or disgust – tending to repel or reject

  3. #2 – moderate (adj.) • Avoiding extremes fo behavior or expression • Calm • Limited in scope or effect

  4. #3 – digress (v.) • To turn aside especially form the main subject of attention or course of argument

  5. #4 – precarious (adj.) • Depending on the will of another • Characterized by a lack of security or stability that threatens with danger

  6. #5 – provocative (adj.) • Causing discussion, thought, argument

  7. #6 – harrowing (adj.) • Tormenting; vexing

  8. #7 – reciprocal (adj.) • Used to describe a relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other • To allow each other to have the same rights

  9. #8 – brilliant (adj.) • Striking, distinctive • Very impressive/successful • Extremely intelligent

  10. #9 – humility (n.) • The quality or state of not thinking you are better than other people (humble)

  11. #10 – blasé (adj.) • Apathetic (indifferent) to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment: world-weary

  12. #11 – nauseate (v.) • To cause to feel disgusted

  13. #12 – brutal (adj.) • Very direct and accurate in a way that is harsh or unpleasant

  14. #13 – sacrilegious (adj.) • Gross irreverence toward a hallowed person, place, or thing

  15. #14 – bitter (adj.) • Causing painful emotions: felt or experienced in a strong and unpleasant way • Angry and unhappy because of unfair treatment

  16. #15 – noble (adj.) • Having, showing, or coming from personal qualities that people admire (honesty, generosity, courage)

  17. #16 – inane (adj.) • Empty, insubstantial • Lacking significance, meaning, point

  18. #17 – boisterous (adj.) • Stormy, tumultuous • Marked by or expressive of exuberance and high spirits

  19. #18 – crooked (adj.) • dishonest

  20. #19 – nonchalant (adj.) • Having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

  21. #20 – sophisticated (adj.) • Having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience

  22. #21 – nuanced (adj.) • A subtle quality of distinction or variation • Sensibility to, awareness of, or ability to express delicate shadings of meaning, feeling, value

  23. #22 – genuine (adj.) • Free from hypocrisy or pretense: SINCERE

  24. #23 – bourgeois (adj.) • Middle-class • Marked by a concern for material interests and respectability and a tendency toward mediocrity

  25. #24 – unscrupulous (adj.) • Unprincipled, dishonest, illegal: UNETHICAL

  26. #25 – witty (adj.) • Quick or ready to see or express illuminating or amusing relationships or insights

  27. #26 – stark (adj.) • Very obvious • Very plain and easily seen

  28. #27 – hysterical (adj.) • A state in which your emotions (such as fear) are so strong that you behave in an uncontrolled way

  29. #28 – conscientious (adj.) • Governed by or conforming to the dictates of conscience: SCRUPULOUS

  30. #29 – modest (adj.) • Placing a moderate estimate on one’s abilities or worth

  31. #30 – ironic (adj.) • Strange or funny because something (such as a situation) is different from what is expected

  32. #31 – suave (adj.) • Smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated

  33. #32 – psychic (adj.) • Sensitive to nonphysical or supernatural forces and influences: marked by extraordinary or mysterious sensitivity, perception, or understanding

  34. #33 – putrid (adj.) • Morally corrupt • Totally objectionable

  35. #34 – sterling (adj.) • Conforming to the highest standard (character)

  36. #35 – splendid (adj.) • Marked by showy magnificence

  37. #36 – phony (adj.) • Not genuine or real • Intended to deceive

  38. #37 – ostracize (v.) • To exclude from a group by common consent

  39. #38 – privilege (n.) • A right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit, advantage, favor

  40. #39 – sarcastic (adj.) • Having the character of a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain

  41. #40 – qualm (n.) • A feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety

  42. #41 – compulsory (adj.) • Mandatory, enforced

  43. #42 – liberate (v.) • To give freedom

  44. #43 – monotonous (adj.) • Tediously uniform or unvarying

  45. #44 – detrimental (adj.) • Harmful • Intending to harm

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