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Tone Vocab 16-30
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clinical | Detached, coolly dispassionate |
| Cold | Showing no emotion or sympathy |
| Complacent | Self-satisfied, smug |
| Condescending | Showing superiority; patronizing |
| Confident | Certain, full of conviction |
| Confused | Perplexed, disconcerted |
| Critical | Containing comments that analyze or judge, especially harshly |
| Delirious | Suggesting extreme or frenzied excitement |
| Desperate | Showing a loss of hope |
| Didactic | Tending to give instruction or advice, even when it is not welcome |
| Dispassionate | Unaffected by strong feeling, showing coolness of judgement |
| Dogmatic | Authoritative, rigid, assertive, arrogant |
| Effusive | Excessively demonstrative, gushing |
| Elated | Ecstatic, joyful, jubilant |
| Fanciful | Whimsical, imaginative |