Vocab 2 Flashcards
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Complacent
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(adj.) Showing smug satisfaction with oneself.
2
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Contemptuous
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(adj.) Showing disdain; scornful, hateful
3
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Cynical
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(adj.) pessimistic, distrustful, bleak
4
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Didatic
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(adj.) Intending to teach, particularly in having a moral instruction
5
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Dogmatic
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(adj.) Inclined to teach principles as incontrovertibly true
6
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Effusive
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(adj.) Grateful in an unrestrained, true manner
7
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Elegiac
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(adj.) Sorrowful, lamenting, melancholy
8
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Flippant
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(adj.) Not showing a serious or respectful attitude; shallow
9
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Frivolous
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Without purpose or value; facetious
10
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Impassioned
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(adj.) Filled with or showing great emotion
11
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Inflammatory
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(adj.) arousing or intending to arouse angry or violent feelings
12
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Lauditory
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(adj.) acclaiming; expressing praise or commendation
