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SoapsTone Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| accusatory | charging of wrong doing |
| apathetic | indifferent due to lack of energy or concern |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| bitter | exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief |
| cynical | questions the basic sincerity or goodness of people |
| condescending | a feeling of superiority |
| callous | unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others |
| contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on a issue |
| critical | finding fault |
| choleric | hot-tempered, easily angered |
| contemptuous | showing or feeling that something is worthless or lacks respect |
| caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting |
| didactic | author attempts to educate or instruct the reader |
| derisive | ridiculing, mocking |
| earnest | intense, a sincere state of mind |
| erudite | learned, polished, scholarly |
| fanciful | using the imagination |
| forthright | directly frank without hesitation |
| gloomy | darkness, sadness, rejection |
| haughty | proud, vain to the point of arrogance |
| indignant | marked by anger aroused by injustice |
| intimate | very familiar |
| judgmental | authoritative or having critical opinions |
| jovial | happy |
| lyrical | expressing a poet's inner feelings; emotional; full of images; song-like |
| matter-of-fact | accepting of conditions; not fanciful or emotional |
| mocking | treating with contempt or ridicule |
| morose | gloomy, sullen, surly, despondent |
| malicious | purposely hurtful |
| objective | an unbiased view; able to leave personal judgments aside |
| optimistic | hopeful, cheerful |
| obsequious | polite and obedient in order to gain something |
| patronizing | air of condescension |
| pessimistic | seeing the worst side of things; not hope |
| quizzical | odd, eccentric, amusing |
| ribald | offensive in speech or gesture |
| reverent | treating a subject with honor and respect |
| ridiculing | slightly contemptuous banter; make fun of |
| reflective | illustrating innermost thoughts and emotions |
| sarcastic | sneering, caustic |
| sardonic | scornfully and bitterly sarcastic |
| satiric | ridiculing to show weakness in order to make a point, teach |
| sincere | without deceit or pretense; genuine |
| solemn | deeply earnest, tending toward sad reflection |
| sanguineous | optimistic, cheerful |
| whimsical | odd, strange, fantastic, fun |