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2nd Tone Words Quiz
Question | Answer |
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choleric | hot tempered; easily angered |
condescending | air of superiority; talking down to |
contemplative | studying, thinking; reflecting on an issue |
contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless; lacking respect for |
conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality, and individuality |
critical | finding fault |
cynical | distrustful; questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people |
demoralized | discourage |
derisive | ridiculing, mocking, insulting & condescending |
didactic | intending to instruct; preachy |
diffident | reserved; unassertive |
disdainful | scornful |
earnest | heartfelt & serious; intense; a sincere state of mind |
effusive | overflowing & demonstrative |
elegiac | sorrowful lamentation |