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37 Cards in this Set
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Accusatory
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Charging of wrong doing
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Apathetic
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Indifference due to lack of energy of concern
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Awe
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Solemn Wonder
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Bitter
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Exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
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Cynical
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Questions sincerity and goodness of people
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Condescending
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feeling of superiority
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Callous
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Unfeeling; insensitive to feelings of others
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Contemplative
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Studying, Thinking, Reflecting on an issue
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Critical
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Finding fault
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Conemptous
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Showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect
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Caustic
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Intense use of sarcasm
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didactive
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Author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
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Derisive
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Ridiculing, Mocking
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Earnest
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Intense, a sincere state of mind
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Erudite
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learned, polishes, scholarly
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forthright
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directly frank without hesitation
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Haughty
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Proud and vain to the point of arrogance
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Indignant
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Marked by anger aroused by injustice
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Intimate
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Very familiar
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Judgemental
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Authoritative and often have critical opinions
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Jovial
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Happy
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Lyrical
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Expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like
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Matter-of-fact
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accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional
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Morose
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Gloomy, Sullen, Surly, Despondent
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Malicious
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Purposely hurtful
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Objective
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An unbiased view - able to leave personal judgements aside
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Obsequious
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Polite and Obedient in order to gain something
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Quizzical
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Odd, eccentric, amusing
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Ribald
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Offensive in speech or gesture
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Reverent
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Treating a subject with honor and respect
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Ridiculing
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Slightly Contemptuous banter; making fun of
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Reflective
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illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions
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Sardonic
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Scornfully and bitterly sarcastic
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Satiric
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Ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach
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Sincere
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Without deceit or pretense; genuine
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Solemn
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Deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection
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Whimsical
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Odd, strange, fantastic; fun
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