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Developing A Tone Vocabulary
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11th Grade
02/22/2009
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matter-of-fact
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concerned only with fact, unimaginative
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tongue-in-cheek
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ironic, sarcastic, facetious
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admiring
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complimentary, favorable
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alarmed
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excited
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bitter
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resentful, malicious, rancorous
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critical
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judging harshly
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detached
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aloof, unconcerned, distant
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elated
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joyful, happy
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somber
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serious, melancholy, solemn
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pungent
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caustic, stinging, biting
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restrained
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reserved
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fanciful
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whimsical
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didactic
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instructive
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effusive
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gushing, excessively demonstrative
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confused
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perplexed, disconcerted
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pessimistic
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fatalistic, inclined to expect the worst
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condescending
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patronizing, showing superiority
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depressed
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dejected
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captious
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ready to detect trivial faults
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threatening
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menacing
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ironic
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expressing the opposite of literal meaning
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lugubrious
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mournful, dismal
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cold
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unemotional
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clinical
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detached, unemotional
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audacious
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bold, insolent
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vexed
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annoyed, agitated
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pedantic
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unimaginatively academic
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skeptical
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questioning, doubtful
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desperate
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showing a loss of hope
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elegiac
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expressing sorrow
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candid
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frank, truthful
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dogmatic
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arrogant, assertive
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supercilious
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haughtily contemptuous
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sympathetic
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favoring, pitying
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angry
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irate
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irreverent
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disrespectful
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flippant
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lacking proper respect
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belligerent
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contentious
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aloof
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haughty, distant
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ambivalent
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indecisive, mixed emotions
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censorious
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severely critical
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cynical
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distrustful of human nature
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apathetic
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uncaring, uninvolved
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puerile
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childlike, juvenile
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allusive
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hinting, suggestive
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dreamy
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vague, appearing tranquil
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urgent
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urging insistently, earnest
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sardonic
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disdainfully humorous
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satirical
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ridiculing, ironic, mocking
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melancholy
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depressed, dejected, sad
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indignant
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showing anger at injustice
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jocular
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joking, humorous
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impartial
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unbiased
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frivolous
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silly, playful
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anxious
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uneasy, brooding
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giddy
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lightheartedly silly
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insolent
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arrogant, overbearing
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benevolent
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kindly
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vindictive
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spiteful, vengeful, vicious
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impassioned
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fervent, ardent
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incredulous
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not believing
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contemptuous
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scornful, disdainful, disresepctful
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importunate
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overly persistent in demand
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pompous
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arrogant, self-important
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dispassionate
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unaffected by strong feeling
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complacent
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self-satisfied, smug
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confident
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certain, full of conviction
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hesitant
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reluctant
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sentimental
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emotional, maudlin
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forgiving
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pardoning, excusing
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zealous
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eager, passionate, fervent
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