Tone Words List 3 Flashcards
(10 cards)
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Contentious
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Argumentative , quarrelsome
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Bantered
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Playful conversation , to speak in a teasing manner
2
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Colloquial
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Casual speech , slang
3
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Incisive
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Penetrating , accurate , sharply focused
4
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Effusive
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Expressing feelings of pleasure or approval in an unrestrained manner , gushing
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Insipid
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Dull, unimaginative , boring
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Pedantic
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Perfectionist who is concerned with the formal rules , learns from books
7
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Vibrant
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Pulsing with energy and life
8
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Lugubrious
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Exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful
9
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Clinical
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Detached , lacing emotion
