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AA Flashcards

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Assertive

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Confident,assured, forceful

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Critical

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Judging severely

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Condemnatory

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Express strong disapproval

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Accusing/ accusatory

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To charge with the fault, offence or crime

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Apathetic

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Having or showing little or no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent

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Cynical

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Scornful of the motives or virtues do others; bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous or pessimistic

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Derogatory

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Tending to lessen the metric or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging

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Disparage

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Regard as being of little worth; belittle

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Disdainful

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Expressing extreme contempt

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Enraged

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Infuriate

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Fervent

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Having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling enthusiasm, ardent, ect

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Incredulous

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Not credulous; sceptical

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Impassive

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Without emotion; pathetic, unmoved; calm

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Modest

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Having or showing moderate humble estimate of ones merits, importance, etc free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, o great pretentious; free from showy extravagance

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Ominous

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Portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

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Outraged

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Angered and resentful

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Patronising

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Displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner

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Pretentious

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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed; ostentatious

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Poignant

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Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

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Pompous

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Characterised by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

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Sarcastic

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Expressing ridicule that wounds

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Scornful

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Express extreme contempt

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Self-deprecating

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Critical of oneself, especially humorously so.

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Somber

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Gloomy, depressing, extremely serious

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Stern

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Firm, strict, uncompromising, hard, harsh or severe

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Vindictive

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Revengeful, spiteful, bitter

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Dismay

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Concern and distress caused by something unexpected, alarm, shocked, concerned

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Repudiate

Repudiating her proposal that…

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Refuse to accept; reject

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Perturbed

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Anxious, unsettled

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Demeaning

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Something that lowers a person’s reputation or dignity. Belittle, degrade

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