Vocab Quiz 3/22 Flashcards by Chloe Bergquist

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Aloof

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Not emotionally involved, distant

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Apathetic

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Uncaring

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings

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Audacious

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Recklessly bold or contemptuous

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Belligerent

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Hostile or combative

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Callous

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Uncaring, feeling no emotions

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Condescending

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Acting with an air of superiority, talking down too

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Contemptuous

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Lacking respect, derisive

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Caustic

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Harshly sarcastic

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Cautionary

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Prudent forethought

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Cynical

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Distrustful

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Demoralized

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Discouraged

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Diffident

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Reserved, unassertive

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Disdainful

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Scorn, despise

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Didactic

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Intending to instruct

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Derisive

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Insulting and condescending

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Earnest

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Heartfelt and serious

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Effusive

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Overflowing and demonstrative

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Elegiac

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Sorrowful lamentation

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Empathetic

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Sensitivity, relating to another’s emotions

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Erudite

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Scholarly

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Forthright

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Direct and outspoken

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Flippant

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Frivolously disrespectful

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Frivolous

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Carefree and unconcerned

Incredulous

Skeptical and unbelieving

Incensed

Full of rage

Indignant

Self righteously angry

Intimate

Personal and emotional

Laudatory

Praise

Laissez-faire

Laid back

Morose

Ill humored

Malicious

Vicious, wanton

Mordant

Caustic or sarcastic

Objective

Unemotional, unbiased, fair

Obsequious

Overly obedient

Patronizing

Talking down too

Pompous

Stuck up

Poignant

Keen or strong, touching one deeply

Provocative

Inciting, simulating, thought provoking

Quizzical

Questioning ridiculing

Ribald

Abusive, irrelevant, scurrilous

Reticent

Reluctant or restrained

Reverent

Deeply respectful

Reflective

Meditative or deliberate

Resigned

Passive, accept as inevitable

Sardonic

Scornful derision, mocking, cynical

Seductive

Enticing, beguiling, captivating

Sentimental

Emotional attachment

Vehement

With great energy or exertion, with great emphasis and passion

Volatile

Tending or threatening to break out into the open violence