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Tone Words List 3 Flashcards

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Contentious

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Argumentative , quarrelsome

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Bantered

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Playful conversation , to speak in a teasing manner

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Colloquial

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Casual speech , slang

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Incisive

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Penetrating , accurate , sharply focused

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Effusive

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Expressing feelings of pleasure or approval in an unrestrained manner , gushing

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Insipid

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Dull, unimaginative , boring

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Pedantic

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Perfectionist who is concerned with the formal rules , learns from books

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Vibrant

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Pulsing with energy and life

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Lugubrious

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Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful

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Clinical

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Detached , lacing emotion

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