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30 Cards in this Set
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Abrasive |
Showing little concern of feelings for others; harsh |
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Bantering |
to talk or exchange remarks in a good- humored teasing way |
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Esoteric |
intended for or likely to be understood by a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest |
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Desolate |
to make a place bleak and depressing; empty or bare |
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Mock- Serious |
a pretended look or act of seriousness; fake seriousness |
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Mundane |
common, ordinary, routine, bland |
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Capricious |
to be obselete; witty or fanciful |
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Cynical |
concerned with only one's interests; pessimistic; believe the worst in people or things |
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Genteel |
polite and refined or respectable; often in an affected or ostentatious way |
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Impudent |
not showing due respect for another person |
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Conciliatory |
intended or likely to placate or pacify |
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Bleak |
charmless and unhospitable; cold and misearble |
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Cursory |
hasty; not thought through or detailed |
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Incongruent |
incompatible |
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Sober |
to be clear headed; serious |
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Aphoristic |
a formulation of a truth or statement; correct statement; statements of wisdom |
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Ceremonial |
to be in a formal state |
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Poignant |
having a keen sense of sadness or regret |
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Glib |
fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow |
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Magnanimous |
generous and forgiving; kind and charitable out of the goodness of ones heart |
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Inquisitive |
curious or inquiring |
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Vindictive |
having or showing a strong unreasoning desire for revenge |
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Bewildered |
perplexed or confused completely |
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Burlesque |
absurd or comically exaggerated limitation of something; especially work or dramatic parody; mockery ; verging on inappropriate mock |
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Staid |
sedate; respectable and unadventerous |
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Bemused |
to puzzle, pleasantly surprised |
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Condemnatory |
to express strong disapproval |
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Genial |
a state of being friendly and cheerful |
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Guileless |
to be innocent without deception |
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Odious |
something that is worthy of hatred; unpleasant |
