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40 Cards in this Set
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Bantering
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playful teasing
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Candid
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clear, honest, open
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Colloquial
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having characteristics of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech
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Contentious
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argumentative
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Cynical
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distrusting the sincerity of human motives
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Detached
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impersonal, not involved
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Didactic
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teaching or lecturing (in a negative sense)
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Diffidnet
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insecure, shy, lacking confidence in one's abilities
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Disdainful
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scornful, contemptous treating someone as inferior
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Dramatic
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charcteristic of or appropriate to the drama; employing contrast/conflict
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Effusive
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unduly demonstrative, excessive in emotional expression; gushy; without reserve
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Elegiac
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sorrowful, expressing grief
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Exuberant
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enthusiastic, lively, energetic
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Facetious
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humorous, teasing, tongue-in-cheek
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Flippant
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irreverent joking, direspectful levity
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Incisive
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sharp; keen; penetrating; intellectual quickness
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Incredulous
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disbelieving, skeptical, doubtful
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Indignant
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offended, resentful, annoyed
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Inflammatory
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arousing passion or anger
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Insipid
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lacking distinctive qualities; dull; not exciting
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Irreverent
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lacking veneration, repect
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Learned
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scholarly
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Lugubrious
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excessively sorrowful, mournful
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Moralistic
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concerned with values of right and wrong
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Objective
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free from personal feelings or prejudices; unbiased
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Patronizing
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looking down on; treating as inferior; condescending
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Pedantic
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making a show of knowledge
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Petty
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concerned with narrow, small ideas
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Pretentious
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assuming dignity or importance (especially when unjustified)
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Sardonic
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bitterly scornful, mocking, sarcastic
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Satiric
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using irony, sarcasm, ridicule to expose, denounce or deride vide or folly
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Sentimental
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focusing on feeling; excessive emotion
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Somber
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dark, gloomy, depressing
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Staid
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calm, serious, somber
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Taunting
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insulting; sarcastic
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Turgid
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pompous or bombastic, excessive self-esteem, exaggerated dignity
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Vibrant
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full of vigor, energy, excitement
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Whimsical
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unpredictable, erratic, given to odd or fanciful ideas
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clinical
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very objective, no emotion, analytical
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burlesque
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ridicules someone, mocking imitation
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