Tone Vocab

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satiric

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characterized by the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.

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whimsical

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given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious

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dramatic

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characterized by a situation or series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results

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learned

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connected or involved with the pursuit of knowledge, esp. of a scholarly nature

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informative

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giving information; instructive

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somber

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gloomy, depressing, or dismal

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urgent

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expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals

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confident

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sure

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mock-heroic

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of or pertaining to a form of satire in which trivial subjects, characters, and events are treated in the ceremonious manner and with the elevated language and elaborate devices characteristic of the heroic style.

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objective

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unbiased

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diffident

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lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy

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ironic

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characterized by irony; sarcastic

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didactic

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teaching or intending to teach a moral lesson

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factual

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based on or restricted to facts

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restrained

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characterized by restraint; controlled

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismal, or gloomy, esp. in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

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pedantic

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ostentatious in one's learning; perfectionist

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indignant

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eeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base

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bantering

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characterized by an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured raillery.

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flippant

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frivolously disrespectful

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condescending

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showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority

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patronizing

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displaying or indicative of an offensively condescending manner

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facetious

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not meant to be taken seriously or literally; jocular

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benevolent

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characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings

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burlesque

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involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject

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fanciful

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led by fancy rather than by reason and experience; whimsical

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detached

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impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased

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cynical

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bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic

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incisive

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insightful; keen; acute

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allusive

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having reference to something implied or inferred; containing, abounding in, or characterized by allusions

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scornful

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contemptuous

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diffusive

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wordy; widely spread or scattered; dispersed

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colloquial

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informal; idiomatic

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compassionate

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characterized by compassion

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impartial

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not biased; fair

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insipid

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dull

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pretentious

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characterized by assumption of dignity or importance; false in show

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vibrant

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pulsating with vigor and energy

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irrelevant

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not relevant; not applicable or pertinent

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sentimental

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expressive of or appealing to sentiment, esp. the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia

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moralistic

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Characterized by or displaying a concern with morality; didactic

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complimentary

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flattering

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contemptuous

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showing or expressing disdain; scornful

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sympathetic

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characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate

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taunting

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characterized by reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock

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concerned

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worried

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angry

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upset

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turgid

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inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic; pretentious

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sardonic

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ironic in a scornful or mocking manner

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contentious

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tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome

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insolent

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boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

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candid

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honest

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dogmatic

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pompous or unbending

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aggressive

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rough

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conciliatory

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characterized by reconciliation

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reflective

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characterized by the act of reflection

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indifferent

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apathetic; nonchalant

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inquisitive

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marked by curiosity & inquiring

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inspirational

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inspiring

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sensational

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amazing; awesome

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mistrusting

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not trusting

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deferential

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respectful

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curious

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arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange

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philosophical

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rationally or sensibly calm, patient, or composed; of or pertaining to philosophy

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humorous

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characterized by humor; funny; comical

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apologetic

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containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc

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ambivalent

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undecided

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nostalgic

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a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time

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affectionate

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demonstrative (of emotions)

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elegiac

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expressing sorrow or lamentation

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snobbish

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arrogant; pompous