ELA Vocab #2 Flashcards by Valentina Maceira | Brainscape

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Questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people

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Cynical

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Ridiculing, mocking

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Derisive

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Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

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Didactic

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Scornful

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Disdainful

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Intense, a sincere state of mind

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Earnest

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Learned, polished, scholarly

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Erudite

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Using the imagination

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Fanciful

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Directly frank without hesitation

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Forthright

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Darkness, sadness, rejection

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Gloomy

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Proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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Haughty

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Marked by anger aroused by injustice

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Indignant

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Very familiar

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Intimate

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