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Question 1

Flippant

Answer 1

Characterized by levity or lack of seriousness

Question 2

Poignant

Answer 2

Affecting or moving the emotions

Question 3

Pedantic

Answer 3

Polished, (overly?) stuffy and meticulous

Question 4

Bombastic

Answer 4

Emotionally or rhetorically overblown speech (like saying “indubitably!”, when “absolutely!” would do. :) )

Question 5

Euphemistic

Answer 5

Relying heavily on sugar-coated or indirect wording when the content is considered coarse or unpleasant

Question 6

Sneering

Answer 6

Sarcastic or mocking