The Book Theif Vocab Flashcards by s b

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Austere

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Grave and serious

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Bantering

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Playful or witty

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Benevolent

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Suggesting goodwill, kindness, generosity

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Callous

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Insensitive to others feelings

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Condescending

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Possessing a feeling of superiority

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Cynical

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Question basic sincerity of people

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Derisive

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Mocking and ridiculing with contempt

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Elegiac

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Mournful, lamenting, sorrowful

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Frivolous

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Without serious purpose or value, silly and giddy

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Haughty

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Proud and vain that it comes off as arrogant

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Obsequios

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Polite in order to gain something

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Morose

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Gloomy, sullen, surly

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Petulant

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I’ll humored and showing sudden irritation

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Poignant

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Painfully affecting someone’s feelings and is stinging, biting

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