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allusive

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alluding to a particular conclusion, guiding the reader to a particular association

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benevolent

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kindly, charitable

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burlesque

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derisive caricature:comic or satirical imitation:parody

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compassionate

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sympathetic, showing compassion

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complimentary

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expressing or containing a compliment

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condescending

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to deal with people in a patronizingly superior manner

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confident

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marked by assurance, success, very bold; presumptuous

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contemptuous

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manifesting, feeling, or expressing hate

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contentious

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exhibiting an often perverse and wearisome tendency to quarrels and disputes

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cynical

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skeptical of the motives of others, believing that people are motivated by selfishness

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detached

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separate from others; free of emotional involvement, disconnected

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didatic

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intended to instruct, inclined to teach or moralize excessively

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diffident

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reserved, unassertive. Hesitant in speaking through lack of self=confidence

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disdainful

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sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

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elegiac

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expressing sorrow or lamentation

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facetious

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playfully jesting; humorous

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factual

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truthful

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flippant

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lacking proper respect or seriousness

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impartial

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showing lack of favoritism, free from undue bias

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incisive

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penetrating, clear and sharp in expression

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inflammatory

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arousing passion of strong emotion, especially anger, beliigerence, or desire

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indignant

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serving to inform, providing or disclosing info

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insipid

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lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull, not flavorful

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ironic

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unexpected; the opposite of what was expected, sometimes expressed through sarcasm

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learned

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possessing profound, often systematic knowledge, erudite

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lugubrious

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mournful, dismal or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated of ludicrous degree

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objective

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uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices

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patronizing

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to treat someone in a condescending manner

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pedantic

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a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules

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petty

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narrow interests or sympathies, small mindedness

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restrained

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held back, controlled, reserved

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sardonic

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mocking in a scornful manner

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satiric

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severe in language, sarcastic, insulting

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scornful

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contemptuous, disapprovingly critical

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somber

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so shaded as to be dark and gloomy, dismal

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sympathetic

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expressing concern for another's position or point of view

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taunting

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to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner, to jeer at

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turgid

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excessively ornate, elaborate or complex in style or language

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urgent

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conveying a sense of pressing importance