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10/18/2011
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ACCUSATORY
 Definition
ACCUSING OF WRONG DOING
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APATHETIC
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NOT CARING
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BITTER
 Definition
HATRED AS A RESULT OF PAIN OR GRIF
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CYNICAL
 Definition
DISTRUSTING THE GOODNESS IN HUMAN NATURE
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CALLOUS
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INSENSITIVE TO FEELINGS OF OTHER
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CONTEMPTOUS
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WORTHLESS AND DESERVES NO RESPECT
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CHOLERIC
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HOT-TEMPERED; EASILY ANGERED
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DISDAINFUL
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SCORNFUL; WITH HATRED
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DERISIVE
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RIDICULING; MOCKING
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JUDGEMENTAL
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CRITICIZING; JUDGEING
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MALICIOUS
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PURPOSEFULLY HURTFUL
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OBSEQUIOUS
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INSINCERE
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INDIGNANT
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ANGRY BECAUSE OF AN INJUSTICE
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ADMONITORY
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SCOLDING; DISAPPROVING
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HISTRIONIC
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EXCESSIVELY DRAMATIC OR EMOTIONAL
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AWE
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WITH SOLEMN WONDER
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EARNEST
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SINCERE
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FORTHRIGHT
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DIRECTLY HONEST WITHOUT HESITATION
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JOVIAL
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HAPPY
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REVERENT
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TREATING WITH HONOR AND RESPECT
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SINCERE
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GENUINE
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SANGUINEOUS
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OPTIMISTIC
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HOPEFUL
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OPTIMISTIC
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BENEVOLENT
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GENEROUS; KIND
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AMIABLE
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FRIENDLY; LOVING
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WHIMSICAL
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STRANGE; FANTASTICAL; FUN
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LOVING
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AFFECTIONATE
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MOCKING
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TREATING WITH DISLIKE THROUGH RIDICULE
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RIBALD
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OFFENSIVE; INAPPROPRIATE
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SARDONIC
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SCORNFULLY AND BITTERLY SARCASTIC
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SATIRIC
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RIDICULING WITH THE INTENT TO SHOW A WEAKNESS IN ORDER TO MAKE A POINT
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CONDESCENDING
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A FEELING OF SUPERIORITY
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DIDACTIC
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AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO EDUCATE OR INSTRUCT THE READER
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DROLL
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AMUSINGLY ODD; COMICAL
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FACETIOUS
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PLAYFULLY JOKING; HUMOROUS
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IRREVERENT
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HUMOROUSLY DISRESPECTFUL
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FLIPPANT
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DISRESPECTFUL LIGHTHEARTEDNESS
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INSOLENT
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ARROGANT AND INSULTING
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WRY
 Definition
DRILY HUMOROUS WITH A TOUCH OF IRONY
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