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English
10th Grade
10/28/2009

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Choleric
Definition

extremely irritable or easily angered

 

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Learned
Definition
to become informed of or acquainted with
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Pretentious
Definition
making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious
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Fanciful
Definition
led by fancy rather than by reason and experience
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Apathetic
Definition
having or showing little or no emotion
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Elevated
Definition
elated, joyful
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Reverent
Definition
feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence;deeply respectful
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Poignant
Definition
affecting or moving the emotions
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Pessimistic
Definition
A tendency to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view
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Scornful
Definition
To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy
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Arrogant
Definition
making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud
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Authoritative
Definition
Of acknowledged accuracy or excellence; highly reliable
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Wry
Definition
Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony
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Morose
Definition
gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood
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Condescending
Definition
talking down to
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Patronizing
Definition
To treat in a condescending manner
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Agitated
Definition
excited; disturbed.
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Pompous

 

Definition
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance
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Cynical
Definition
bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic
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Melancholy
Definition
a gloomy state of mind, esp. when habitual or prolonged; depression.
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Taunting
Definition
to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock
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Disgusted
Definition
to cause loathing or nausea in
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Determined
Definition
decided; settled; resolved
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Whimsical
Definition
given to whimsy or fanciful notions
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Worrisome
Definition
concerned.
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Upheavel
Definition
strong or violent change or disturbance, as in a society
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