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Flashcards by MiniCooper, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by MiniCooper
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| Question | Answer |
| Biased | having or showing bias or prejudice |
| Argumentative | fond of argument or dispute |
| Flippant | disrespectful,shallow or lacking in seriousness |
| Tongue-In-Cheek | cleverly amusing tone, not too serious 'banter' |
| Sarcastic | using sarcasm |
| Critical | inclined to find fault with or judge with severity often too readily |
| Detached | separated, impartial, alone, isolated |
| Ironic | using words to convey the meaning as the opposite of its literal meaning |
| Cheerful | full of cheer, in good spirits,pleasant, bright |
| Formal | in accordance with requirements/customs |
| Admiring | to regard with wonder, pleasure or approval, express admiration |
| Optimistic | reflecting a favourable view or outcome |
| Histrionic | pertaining to acting, deliberately affected or self-conciously emotional, overdramatic |
| Positive | stated, expressed, emphatic |
| Challenging | testing ability, endurance, challenge, stimulate,thought provoking |
| Mischievous | playfully annoying, causing annoyance or trouble |
| Persuasive | intended to persuade |
| Admonitory | serving to admonish, warning |
| Doubtful | uncertain of the outcome or result, unsettled in opinion or belief |
| Angry | feeling or showing anger/ strong resentment,wrathful |
| Sentimental | expressing tender emotions and feelings, weakly emotional |
| Nostalgic | a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place,time or situation |
| Pleading | the act of a person who pleads * need more context * e.g pleading for forgiveness, asking/begging |
| Solemn | grave, serious, earnest, mirthless |
| Accusatory | containing an accusation, accusing |
| Whimsical | fanciful notions eg a pixyish, whimsical fellow |
| Playful | full of fun, jesting, pleasantly humorous |
| Objective | something ones actions are intended to accomplish : purpose,goal,target |
| Impassioned | filled with intense feeing of passion |
| Sceptical | showing doubt |
| Awed | filled with or expressing awe |
| Anxious | mental distress or unease because of fear, danger or misfortune |
| Encouraging | to inspire with courage,spirit or confidence |
| Cynical | distrusting the motives of others |
| Innocent | free from moral wrong, without sin, guiltless |
| Neutral | not taking part in dispute or war, not supporting sides, indefinite : in the middle, cant make a decision |
| Threatening | causing alarm,intended to menace, ominous, imminent, sinister |
| Emotive | directed towards emotions, pertaining to emotion |
| Pathetic | causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness,sorrow |
| Cautious | showing, using or characterised by caution |
| Scathing | harmful, bitterly severe, enraged, searing |
| Melancholy | a gloomy state of mind, especially when prolonged, thoughtfulness, mournful, depressed, sadness |
| Tragic | tragedy, melancholy, extremely mournful, disastrous, fatal |
| Tolerant | inclined to tolerate, forbearing |
| Mocking | to treat with ridicule, contempt or derision to ridicule by mimicry of actions or speech, imitate |
| Polite | displaying god manners, refined or cultured, elegant |
| Serious | showing deep thought, grave/somber disposition or manner, requiring thought/concentration |
| Despairing | indicating dispair |
| Enthusiastic | characterised by enthusiasm |
| Diplomatic | engaged in diplomacy, tactful, skilled in a certain area |
| Bitter | a harsh/acrid taste, hard to bear, distressful, causing pain, piercing, intense hostility ; bitter hatred |
| Hostile | characteristic of an enemy, opposed in feeling,action or character, not friendly warm or generous ; not hospitable |
| Irate | angry, enraged |
| Compassionate | having/showing compassion, granted in an emergency |
| Sympathetic | exhibiting or feeling sympathy |
| Pessimistic | characterised by pessimism : gloomy |
| Melodramatic | overdramatic, exaggerated emotion |
| Negative | expressing negation or denial, refusing consent to a proposal |
| Empowering | to give power or authority to, to enable or permit |
| Humorous | funny,comical |
| Defiant | boldly resistant, challenging |
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