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Tone Words 2 Flashcards

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agreeably entertained, occupied, or diverted

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Amused

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Haughty, too convinced of one’s own importance

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Arrogant

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Having the confident quality of someone who is respected/obeyed by others

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Authoritative

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Playful of witty; speaking or discussing in a clever and teasing manner

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Bantering

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Bare, dreary, dismal

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Bleak

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Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way

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Caustic

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Possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

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Condescending

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Scornful; disrespectful

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Contemptuous

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Happy and at ease; satisfied with things as they are

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Contented

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Doubtful or distrustful of the goodness or sincerity of human motives; distrustful; negative; pessimistic

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Cynical

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Causing or resulting in a feeling of miserable dejection

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Depressing

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Depressed or discouraged by the failure of one’s hopes or expectations

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Disappointed

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Showing contempt or lack of respect; scornful; aloof

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Disdainful

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Feeling great rapture or delight

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Ecstatic

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Emotionally excessive; overly demonstrative; overflowing with the words or feelings

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Effusive

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In high spirits, jubilant; extremely pleased

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Elated

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Expressing sorrow or lamentation; mourning that which is lost or past

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Elegiac

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Causing lighthearted laughter and amusement; comic

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Humorous

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment, anger at injustice

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Indignant

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Glad, happy

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Joyful

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Feeling or expressing pensive sadness

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Melancholic

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Imitating the style of heroic literature in order to satirize an unheroic/ordinary subject

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Mock-heroic

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Filled with or evoking sadness

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Mournful

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Treating with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority

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Patronizing

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Profoundly moving; touching

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Poignant

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Pompous, self-important

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Pretentious

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Experiencing or showing unhappiness

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Sad

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Mocking; cynical; sneering; derisive; characterized by bitter or scornful derision

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Sardonic

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Lacking seriousness

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Silly

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Not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations

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Skeptical

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Dark, gloomy; depressed or melancholy in spirit

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Somber

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Twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous; expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

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Wry

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