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11th Grade
10/02/2011

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admonitory
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serving as a warning
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agitated
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to disturb or excite emotionally
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ambivalent
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having "mixed feelings about someone or something"; unable to choose
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amiable
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agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decision or suggestions of others
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apathetic
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having or showing little or no emotion
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apprehensive
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uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
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baffled
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confused or bewildered or perplex
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bitter
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exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief
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brash
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impertinent; impudent; tactless
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callous
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unfeeling, insensitive to feelings of others
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candid
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frank; outspoken; open and sincere
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caustic
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intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting
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choleric
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hot tempered, easily angered
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clinical
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extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical
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condemnatory
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serving to express an unfavorable or adverse judgement on
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contemplative
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studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue
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dejected
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depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited
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didactic
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author attempts to educate or instruct the reader
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disgruntled
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displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish
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droll
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amusing in an odd way
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ecstatic
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an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling
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erudite
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characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly
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facetious
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not meant to be taken seriously or literally
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fervent
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having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, ethusiam, etc
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flippant
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frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity
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