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21 Cards in this Set
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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 or strong emotion, especially anger, belligerence or desire.
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Indigant
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To be angered at something unjust or wrong
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Informative
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Serving to inform; providing or disclosing information.
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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, dismay or gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or 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 osentatious concern for book learning and formal rules.
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Petty
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Narrow interests or sympatheties, 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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Expresssing 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. Also, swollen or bloated.
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Urgent
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Conveying a sense of pressing importance
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