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Vocab Makeup Flashcards

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Complacent

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Smug or uncritical satisfaction

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Contemptuous

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Scornful, disdainful, disrespectful

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Cynical

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Skeptical, distrustful, disillusioned

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Didactic

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Intended to teach, with moral instruction an ulterior

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Dogmatic

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Inclined to offer principles as incontrovertibly true

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Effusive

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Unrestrained gratitude, pleasure, or approval

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Elegiac

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Wistfully mournful

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Flippant

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Lack of respect

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Frivolous

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Carefree, unserious, silly

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Impassioned

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Filled with strong emotion

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Inflammatory

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Arouses angry or violent feelings

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Laudatory

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Expresses praise and commendation

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