tone words 3

Question 1

macabre

Answer 1

gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially it’s grimmer or uglier aspect

Question 2

melancholy

Answer 2

a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression; sober thoughtfulness; pensive

Question 3

obfuscatory

Answer 3

confusing and bewildering, often intentionally

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obsequious

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characterized by or showering servile complaisance or deference; fawning; compliment or deferential

Question 5

ominous

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portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

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opprobrious

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expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive

Question 7

parochial

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very limited or narrow in scope or outlook; provincial

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pedantic

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narrowly, stodgily, and often ostentatiously learned; overly concerned with book learning and formal rules

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pejorative

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having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect or force

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perturbed

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showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty; a state of agitated confusion marked by worry and anxiety

Question 11

pessimistic

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marked by a tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view

Question 12

poignant

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painfully affecting the feelings; piercing, profoundly moving; touching

Question 13

polemical

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controversial and argumentative

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prosaic

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commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative; straight-forward

Question 15

prudent

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wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgement or common sense

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rarefied

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extremely high or elevated; lofty; of, belonging to, or appealing to an exclusive group

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restive

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uneasily impatient under restriction, opposition, criticism, or delay; resistant to control; stubborn

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sardonic

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disdainfully or skeptically humorous; derisively movking

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sententious

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given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous; abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims; terse and energetic in expression

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sober

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marked by seriousness, gravity, solemnity, etc., as of demeanor, speech

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strident

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characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound; commanding attention by a loud or obtrusive quality

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stupefied

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affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise; struck dumb with astonishment

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whimsical

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given to whimsy or fanciful notions; capricious; playful in an odd and light-hearted way

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wistful

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full of wishful yearning or longing, often tinged with sadness or melancholy; pensive

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wry

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dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony

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zany

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ludicrously or whimsically comical; clownish

Question 27

zealous

Answer 27

marked by fervent partisanship for a person, a cause, or an ideal; ardently active, devoted, or diligent