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exam vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings about someone or something |
| Bantering | An exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks |
| Brazen | Shameless; bold; insolent; defiant |
| Caustic | Severely critical or sarcastic |
| Contemptuous | Scornful; disrespectful; showing disdain |
| Contentious | Quarrelsome; characterized by argument or controversy |
| Cynical | Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic |
| Didactic | Instructive; too lecture-driven; preachy |
| Diffident | Lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy |
| Disdainful | Scornful; contemptuous; haughty |
| Elegiac | Expressing sorrow or lamentation |
| Flippant | Frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness |
| Forthright | Direct; straightforward |
| Incensed | Indignant; outraged |
| Incisive | Remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute |
| Incredulous | Skeptical; disinclined to believe |
| Indignant | Feeling strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting |
| Insipid | Uninteresting; bland |
| Impartial | Fair; not biased |
| Insolent | Boldly rude or disrespectful |
| Ironic | Conveying a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning; sarcastic |
| Lugubrious | Exaggeratedly mournful |
| Malicious | Spiteful, intending to do harm |
| Mock-heroic | An imitation or burlesque of something heroic |
| Moralistic | Characterized by the attempt to regulate the morals of others |
| Patronizing | Offensively condescending |
| Pedantic | Ostentatious in one's learning; didactic |
| Petty | Of little or no importance or consequence |
| Poignant | Affecting the emotions |
| Pompous | Characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance |
| Pragmatic | Practical |
| Pretentious | Making an exaggerated outward show; pompous |
| Reticent | Reserved; reluctant |
| Sardonic | Biting; contemptuous; sneering |
| Satiric | Taunting; cutting; biting |
| Seductive | Enticing; captivating |
| Sentimental | Nostalgic; weakly emotional |
| Somber | Extremely serious; grave; depressing |
| Taunting | Provoking; mocking; ridiculing |
| Turgid | Inflated; overblown; pompous |
| Unabashed | Boldly certain of one's position; not ashamed |
| Urgent | Requiring immediate action or attention |
| Whimsical | Spontaneously fanciful or playful |
| Wry | Twisted or perverse (as in sense of humor) |
| Effusive | Unduly demonstrative; overly emotional |
| Facetious | Amusing; humorous; lacking serious intent |
| Inflammatory | Tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion |
| Irreverent | Lacking proper respect; profane |
| Narcissistic | Vain; having an undue fascination with oneself |
| Scornful | Contemptuous; disdainful |
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