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200 Common and Uncommon Tone Words
200 Common and Uncommon Tone Words
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Literature
11th Grade
08/13/2011

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Dramatic
Definition
tense; theatrical
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Gushing
Definition
expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere
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Learned
Definition
having or showing profound knowledge
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Objective
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without emotion; clinical; detached
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Denunciatory
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containing warning of punishment
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Mock-heroic
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making fun of typical protagonist stereotypes
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opprobrious
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expressing severe criticism and blame
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Captious
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hypercritical; tending to find faults with everything
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Sententious
Definition
given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
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Abased
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ashamed; embarrassed
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Complaisant
Definition
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
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Saturnine
Definition
bitter and scornful
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Bumptious
Definition
offensively self-assertive; unpleasantly confident
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acquiescent
Definition
willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
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allusive
Definition
indirectly referencing something popular
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holier-than-thou
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obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous
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mirthful
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joyous; gay; jolly
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Punctilious
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marked by a precise accordance with details
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Timorous
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shy; timid
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vituperative
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marked by harshly abusive criticism
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phlegmatic
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calm in a dangerous situation
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truculent
Definition
defiantly aggressive
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obdurate
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stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
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jingoistic
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fanatically patriotic
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laudatory
Definition
expressing praise
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bilious
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unpleasant
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jocular
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characterized by jokes and good humor
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servile
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submissive or fawning
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