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41 Cards in this Set
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Alarmed |
Excited |
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Aloof |
Haughty, distant, above it all |
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Ambivalent |
Indecisive, having mixed emotions |
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Anxious |
Uneasy, brooding |
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Audacious |
Bold, insolent |
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Bitter |
Hating, malicious, resentful, |
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Candid |
Frank, truthful |
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Clinical |
Detached, coolly dispassionate |
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Condescending |
Showing superiority, patronizing |
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Contemptuous |
Scornful, disdainful, disrepectful, irrelevant |
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Desperate |
Showing a loss of hope |
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Didactic |
Instructive; having the attitude of a teacher to a student |
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Dispassionate |
Unaffected by strong feeling; showing coolness of judgement |
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Dogmatic |
Authoritative, assertive, arrogant |
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Dreamy |
Vague, in a state of reverie, appearing tranquil |
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Effusive |
Excessively demonstrative, gushing |
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Elated |
Joyful; happy |
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Elegiac |
Expressing sorrow |
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Fanciful |
Whimsical |
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Flippant |
Lacking proper respect or seriousness |
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Frivolous |
Lacking seriousness, playful, silly |
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Giddy |
Lightheartedly silly |
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Importunate |
Overly persistent in demand |
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Incredulous |
Not believing |
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Indignant |
Showing anger at injustice |
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Insolent |
Arrogant, overbearing, impudent |
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Irreverent |
Disrespectful |
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Jocular |
Joking, humorous |
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Lugubrious |
Dismal, mournful |
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Matter-of-fact |
Concerned with fact only, not imaginative or fanciful; objective |
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Pedantic |
Narrowly or unimaginative academic; showing off one's knowledge |
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Restrained |
Reserved, holding back emotion that could be shown |
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Sardonic |
Disdainful humorous, sarcastic |
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Satirical |
Ridiculing, ironic, mocking, taunting |
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Sentimental |
Affectedly emotional, maudlin |
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Somber |
Serious, solemn, gloomy, grave, melancholy |
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Supercilious |
Haughty contemptuous (displaying arrogant pride, scorn, or indifference) |
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Tongue-in-cheek |
Ironic, facetious, sarcastic |
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Vexed |
Annoyed, agitated |
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Vindictive |
Vengeful, spiteful, vicious |
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Zealous |
Eager, passionate, fervent |
