tone words Flashcards
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somber
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extremely serious, grave, depressing
2
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satiric
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taunting,cutting,biting
3
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urgent
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requiring immediate action or attention
4
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mock-heroic
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an imitation or burlesque or something heroic
5
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diffident
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lacking confidence in ones own ability, worth or fitness
6
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ironic
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conveying a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning, sarcastic
7
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elegiac
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expressing sorrow or lamenation
8
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disdainful
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scornful,contemptuous, haughty
9
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lugubrious
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exaggeratedly mournful
10
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insipid
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uninteresting, bland
11
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impartial
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fair, not biased
12
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moralisitic
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characterized by the attempt to regulate the morals of others
13
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taunting
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provoking, mocking, ridiculing
14
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turgid
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inflated, overblown, pompous
15
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sardonic
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biting, contemptuous, sneering
