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15 Cards in this Set
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insolent
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boldly rude or disrespectful
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal, or glooby
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objective
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expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, interpretations
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pedantic
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overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
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petty
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of little or no importance or consequence
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poignant
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keen or strong in mental appeal
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pretentious
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characterized by assumption of dignity or importance
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sardonic
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characterized by bitter or scornful derision
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satiric
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exposing human folly to ridicule
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scornful
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expressing extreme contempt
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sentimental
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weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender
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sympathetic
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acting or affected by the nature of, or pertaining to a special affinity or mutual relationship
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turgid
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excessively ornate or complex in style or language
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flippant
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frivolously disrepectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
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cynical
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bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic
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