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Tone Set 1 - part of Doolittle's tone set
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English
11th Grade
07/31/2009

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somber
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very serious OR gloomy, depressing, or dismal
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poignant
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intense, sincere, heartfelt
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lugubrious
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mournful or gloomy, especially in an exaggerated or unrelieved manner
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morose
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored
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ominous
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indicating evil or harm; foreboding; threatening
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apprehensive
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uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
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unctuous
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smarmy, ingratiating, obsequious, servile
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pedantic
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characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
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lofty
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elevated in style, tone, or sentiment OR arrogantly or condescendingly superior
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imperious
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domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing
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peremptory
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decisive; assertive; domineering
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bombastic
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high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious
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turgid
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inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic
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sententious
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given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous
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pompous
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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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exultant
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highly elated; jubilant; triumphant
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presumptuous
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unwarrantedly or impertinently bold; forward
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domineering
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overbearing; tyrannical
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saucy
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pert; boldly smart
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condescending
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patronizing, disdainful, supercilious; implying superiority
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contemptuous
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showing or expressing disdain/scorn
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haughty
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disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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exuberant
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effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic
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compassionate
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pitying, sympathizing, sympathetic
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amiable
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affable; friendly; sociable
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whimsical
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given to fanciful notions; capricious
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benevolent
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expressing goodwill or kindly feelings; charitable
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