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Skeptically
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inclined to skepticism; having doubt: a skeptical young woman.
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Mollified
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to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
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Ominously
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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
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Derogatory
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tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
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Plaintively
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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful: a plaintive melody.
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Contorted
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twisted in a violent manner; distorted.
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Apprehensive
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uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
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Profound
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penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
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Complacently
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pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
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Precede
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to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
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