Vocab Quiz 3/22 Flashcards by Chloe Bergquist | Brainscape

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Aloof

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Not emotionally involved, distant

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Apathetic

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Uncaring

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings

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Audacious

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Recklessly bold or contemptuous

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Belligerent

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Hostile or combative

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Callous

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Uncaring, feeling no emotions

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Condescending

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Acting with an air of superiority, talking down too

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Contemptuous

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Lacking respect, derisive

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Caustic

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Harshly sarcastic

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Cautionary

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Prudent forethought

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Cynical

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Distrustful

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Demoralized

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Discouraged

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Diffident

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Reserved, unassertive

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Disdainful

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Scorn, despise

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Didactic

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Intending to instruct

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Derisive

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Insulting and condescending

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Earnest

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Heartfelt and serious

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Effusive

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Overflowing and demonstrative

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Elegiac

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Sorrowful lamentation

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Empathetic

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Sensitivity, relating to another’s emotions

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Erudite

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Scholarly

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Forthright

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Direct and outspoken

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Flippant

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Frivolously disrespectful

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Frivolous

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Carefree and unconcerned

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Incredulous

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Skeptical and unbelieving

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Incensed

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Full of rage

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Indignant

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Self righteously angry

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Intimate

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Personal and emotional

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Laudatory

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Praise

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Laissez-faire

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Laid back

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Morose

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Ill humored

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Malicious

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Vicious, wanton

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Mordant

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Caustic or sarcastic

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Objective

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Unemotional, unbiased, fair

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Obsequious

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Overly obedient

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Patronizing

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Talking down too

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Pompous

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Stuck up

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Poignant

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Keen or strong, touching one deeply

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Provocative

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Inciting, simulating, thought provoking

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Quizzical

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Questioning ridiculing

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Ribald

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Abusive, irrelevant, scurrilous

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Reticent

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Reluctant or restrained

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Reverent

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Deeply respectful

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Reflective

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Meditative or deliberate

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Resigned

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Passive, accept as inevitable

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Sardonic

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Scornful derision, mocking, cynical

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Seductive

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Enticing, beguiling, captivating

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Sentimental

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Emotional attachment

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Vehement

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With great energy or exertion, with great emphasis and passion

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Volatile

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Tending or threatening to break out into the open violence