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Tone Words 3 Flashcards

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expressing regret for a fault, failure, insult, injury

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Apologetic

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difficult in an interesting or enjoyable way

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Challenging

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efficient and unemotional; coldly detached; analytical, dispassionate

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Clinical

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quarrelsome, inclined to argue

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Contentious

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Impartial, disinterested; unconcerned, distant, aloof

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Detached

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Fair-minded, free from selfish motives; indifferent

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Disinterested

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Sudden and striking; stirring the imagination and emotions deeply

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Dramatic

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Restricted to or based on evidence

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Factual

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Whimsical, capricious; imaginary; freely imaginative rather than based on reason or reality

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Fanciful

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Lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy

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Flippant

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Causing fear or dread or terror

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Horrific

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Unbiased; neutral

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Impartial

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Causing excitement or anger; leading to violence or disorder

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Inflammatory

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Longing for the past

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Nostalgic

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Factual, related to reality or physical objects; not influenced by emotions, unbiased

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Objective

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Having or expressing strong emotions

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Passionate

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Thoughtful, meditative; marked by deliberate thought

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Reflective

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Apologetic; remorseful; showing remorse or a sense of loss over something done or undone

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Regretful

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Regretful; penitent; contrite

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Remorseful

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Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia

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Sentimental

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Causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc

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Shocking

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Astonishing

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Suprising

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Marked or motivated by odd, fanciful ideas; erratic unpredictable

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Whimsical

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Melancholy; pensive; yearning, expressing a longing for

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Wistful

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