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39 Cards in this Set
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bitter
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exhibiting hostility
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sardonic
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ironically humorous
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saracstic
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expressing ridicule
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ironic
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difference from what happens compared to what is expected
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mocking
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expressing ridicule
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scornful
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expressing extreme contempt
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satiric
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exposing human folly to ridicule
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vituperative
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bitter and abusive
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scathing
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scornfully critical
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confidential
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official classification
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facetious
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cleverly amusing
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critical
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call attention to errors
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wistful
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pensive sadness
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nostalgic
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longing for the past or familiar things
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mock serious
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pretend serious
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pedantic
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marked by a narrow focus on something
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didactic
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instructive
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petulant
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irritated or annoyed
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remorseful
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feeling pain and sorrow for one's sins
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disdainful
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feeling of arrogant superiority
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laudatory
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giving praise
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idyllic
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delightful in all respects
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reverent
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having respect
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lugubrious
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excessively mournful
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elegiac
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expressing sorrow
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gothic
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characterized by gloom and misery
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macabre
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inspiring horror
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reflective
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morbidly thoughtful
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maudlin
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insincerely emotional
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sentimental
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feelings of tenderness or sadness
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jingoistic
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fanatically patriotic
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detached
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lack of emotional involvement
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resigned
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having to come to accept something
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whimsical
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playfully quaint or fanciful
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mystified
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to be bewildered or perplexed
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narcissistic
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to think highly of one's self
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morose
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broodingly ill humor
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forlorn
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marked by hopelessness
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disconsolate
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sad beyond comforting
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