Tone Vocabulary Words

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earthy

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realistic, rustic coarse, unrefined, instinctive, animalize

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effeminate

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soft, delicate, unmanly

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elegiac

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expressing sorrow or lamention

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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

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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 other responces
ex:// Mayberry by Rascall Flatts

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expressionistic

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stressing the subjective and symbolic is art and literature

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facetious

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amusing, but light, unserious, frivolous

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farcical

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humorous but in a light way, comedy with high exaggeration

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fatalistic

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believing that everything that happens is destined 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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iconoclastic

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inclined to attach cherished beliefs nad traditions
ie: green day lyrics

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impressionistic

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inclined to use subjective impressions rather that objective reality

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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 disrespect 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 are plot are exaggerated and characterization is shallow

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mournful

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feeling or expressing grief (certain literary forms are devoted to the expression of grief, such as elegies)

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mundane

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ordinary or common, as in everyday matters ("His mind was filled with mundane 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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ominous

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indicating or threatening evil or danger as dark clouds indicate that a storm is coming

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parody

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a satirical imitation of something serious, such as a comic takeoff of Romeo and Juliet (the parody must have enough elements of the origional for it to be reconized)

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persuasive

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able to get a person to do something or to agree with one by an appeal to reason or other convincing devices

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philosophical

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interested in the study of basic truths of existence and reality

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pious

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having or displaying a reverence for God and religion; sometimes used pejoratively, when the display is excessive and overly righteous

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poetical

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having the qualities of poetry, such as pleasing rhythms or images

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pompous

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displaying one's importance in an exaggerated way; sometimes this quality is found in comic characters

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prurient

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preoccupied with lewd and lustful thoughts

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psychological

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having to do with the human mind and human behavior

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puritanical

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strict or severe in matters of morality

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realistic

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inclined to represent things as they really are

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rythmic

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characterized by certain patterns, beats, or accents (as in dancing, music, poetry)

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romantic

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having feelings or thoughts of love, but when assosiated with nineteenth century literature or an such literature is suggests a style that emphasizes freedom of form, imagination, and emotion

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sardonic

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mocking, taunting, bitter, scornful, sarcastic

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satirical

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using sarcasm and irony, often humorously to expose human folly

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sensuous

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taking pleasure in things that appeal to the sences; sensual suggests a strong preoccupation with things, such as sexual pleasures

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stark

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plain, harsh, completely (as in "stark raving mad"); simple or bare, when applied to style, sometimes even bleak or grim

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subjective

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relying on one's own inner impressions, as opposed to being objective

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surrealistic

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stressing imagery and the subconscious and sometimes distorting ordinary ideas in order to arrive at artistic truths

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terse

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effectively concise, brief

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trite

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stale, worn out, as in trite expressions

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urbane

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sophisticated, socially polished

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victorian

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prudish, stuffy, and puritanical (qualities assosiated with Queen Victoria's reign)

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whimsical

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inclined to be playful, humorous or fanciful

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wordy

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using more words that necessary to say what you have to say

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abstract

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theoretical without reference to specifics

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absurd

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contrary to logic, but sometimes artistically viable

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affected

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assuming a false manner or attitude to impress others

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ambiguous

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having two or more possible meanings

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analytical

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inclined to examine things by studying their contents or parts

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anecdotal

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involving short narratives of interesting events

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angry

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resentful, enraged

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austere

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stern, strict, frugal, unadorned

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banal

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pointless and uninteresting

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baroque

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elaborate, ornimental, grotesque

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archaic

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in the style of an earlier period

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bizarre

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unusually strange or odd

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bland

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undisturbing, unemotional, uninteresting

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bombastic

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pretentious and pompous

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breezy

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quick-paced, but sometimes superficial

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childish

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immature (when applied to adults or writing)

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cinematic

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having the qualities of a motion picture

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classical

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formal, enduring, and standard, adhering to certain traditional methods

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colloquial

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characteristic or ordinary and informal conversation

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comic

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humourous, light, funny (there are many levels)

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concise

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using very few words to express a great deal

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confessional

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characterized by personal admissions of faults

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contemptious

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expressing contempt or distain

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convincing

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persuasive, believeable, pausible

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convoluted

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very complicated or involved (as in the case of sentances with many qualifiers, phrases, and clauses)

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crepuscular

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having to do with twighlight or shadowy areas (as in the darker and more hidden parts of human experience)

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cynical

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a tendency to believe that all human behavior is selfish and opportunistic

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decadent

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marked by a decay in morals, values, and artistic standards

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depressing

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sad, glooomy (without any of the redeeming qualities of true tragedy)

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detached

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disinterested, unbiased, emotionally disconnected

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discursive

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moving pointlessly from one subject to another; rambling

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dreamlike

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having the characteristics of a dream

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allusive

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containing or characterized by indirect refrences

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vexed

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distressed, annoyed, perplexed

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restrained

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held-back, deprived, checked

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audacious

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fearlessly, often recklessly daring; unrestrained by convention or propriety; insolent; origional

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giddy

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frivolous and lighthearted; flightly

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prococative

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tending to provoke or stimulate

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sentimental

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resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism

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condecending

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to deal with people in a patronizing superior manner

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contemptuous

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manifesting or feeling contempt

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zealous

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filled with or motivated by zeal; fervant

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candid

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characterized by openness and sincerity of expression; unreservedly straightforward; impartial

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didatic

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inclined to teach or moralize excessively

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satiric

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characterized by satire

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whimisical

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erratic in behavior or degree of unpredictibility

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mock-heroic

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a satirical imitation or burlesque of the heroic manner or style

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objective

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uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices; presented factually

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diffident

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reserved in manner; timid

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ironic

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poignantly contrary to what was expected or intended

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petty

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lesser, minor

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elegiac

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of, relating to, or involving mourning or expressing sorrow for that which is irrecooverably past

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismial, gloomy, expecially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

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bantering

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good humored, playful conversation

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flippant

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marked by diisrespectful levity or casualness; pert

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patronizing

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to treat in a condecending manner

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obscure

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not clearly understood or expressed; ambiguous or vague

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trite

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lacking power to evoke intrest through overuse or repitition; hackeneyed

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provincial

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limited in perspective; narrow and self centered

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homespun

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simple and homely; unpretentious

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picturesque

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strickingly expressive or vivid

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cultured

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a high degree of taste and refinment formed by aesthetic nad intellectual training

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idiomatic

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peculiar to or characteriistic of a given language

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slang

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language particular to a group, jargon or argot

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moralistic

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marked by a narrow minded morality

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insolent

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presumptious and insulting in manner or speech, arrogant, disrespectful, rude, impertinent

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contentious

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ioinvolving or likely to cause contention, contriversal

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sardonic

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scornfully or cynically mocking; sarcastic

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turgid

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excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent