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26 Cards in this Set
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Earthy
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realistic; unrefined; instinctive; animalistic
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Effeminate
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soft; delicate; unmanly
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Elegiac
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expressing sorrow or lamentation
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Emotional
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much given to strong feelings
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Epistolary
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involving letters
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Erudite
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learned, scholarly, educated
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Eulogistic
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involving formal praise in speech or writing, usually in honor of someone dead
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Evocative
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having the ability to call forth memories or emotions
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Expressionistic
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stressing the subjective and symbolic in art and literature
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Facetion
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amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous
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Farcical
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humorous but in a light way, with much humorous exaggeration
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Fatalistic
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believing that everything happens due to fate or destiny and therefore out of the hands of the individual
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Flamboyant
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conspicuously bold or colorful
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Fluid
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flowing smoothly
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Iconalistic
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inclined to attach cherished beliefs and traditions
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Impressionistic
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inclined to use subjective impressions rather than objective realities
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Ironic
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characterized by an unexpected turn of events, often the opposite of what was intended
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Irreverent
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showing disrepect for things that are usually respected or revered
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Journalistic
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characterized by the kind of language used in journalism
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Lyrical
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intense, spontaneous, musical
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Metaphorical
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having the characteristics of melodrama in which emotions and plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow
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Mournful
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feeling or expressing grief
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Mundane
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ordinary or common, as in everyday matters
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Naturalistic
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tending to present things in art and literature as they appear in nature or actuality
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Nostalgic
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inclined to long for or dwell
on things of the past; sentimental |
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Objective
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uninfluenced by personal feelings; seeing things from the outside, not subjectively
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