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36 Cards in this Set
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Baffled |
To confuse, bewilder, or perplex |
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Festive |
Joyous, merry |
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Austere |
Grave, sober, solemn, serious |
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Condescendingly |
Showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority |
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Somber |
Gloomy, depressing, or dismal, related with color |
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Taunting |
sarcastic, insulting, jeering manner, mock |
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Elated |
Very happy or proud, jubilant, high in spirits |
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Mock- Heroic |
imitation of something heroic |
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Elegiac |
expressing sorrow or lametation used for funeral/written or painted to honor the dead |
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Contentious |
tending to argue or strife; quarrelsome |
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Brusque |
abrupt in manner; blunt; rough |
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Scornful |
derisive; demonstrating contempt |
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Contemptous |
showing or expressing disdain; scornful; disrespectful; displaying hate; disgust |
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Sarcastic |
characterized by sarcasm |
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Pompous |
display of dignity or importance |
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Urgent |
requiring immediate action or attention; imperative |
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Apathetic |
having or showing little or no emotion |
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Petulant |
moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance; Childish; acting like a child
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Patronizing |
displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner; Job status, "on top" |
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Pretentious |
characterized by assumption of dignity or importance |
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Poignant |
keenly distressing to the feelings; affecting or moving the emotions |
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Sympathetic |
exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; compassionate |
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Peevish |
showing annoyance; irritation, or bad mood; feeling |
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Wounded |
marred; impaired; damaged |
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Resigned |
submissive or acquiescent |
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Cunning |
sowing or made with ingenuity
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Flippant |
frivolously, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; disrespect, a way to act |
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Indignant |
feeling characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust |
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Insipid |
without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities |
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Incensed |
to enhance a mood |
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Benelovent |
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings; desiring to help others; charitable
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Diabolic |
having qualities of a devil; wicked |
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Pensive |
dreamily or wistfully thoughtful |
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Admonitory |
tending or serving to admonish; warning
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Incredulous |
not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; no confusion just in denial, not believing in something |
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Melancholic |
disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy |
