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09/30/2012

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ABSTRUSE

(COMPLICATED)

Definition
HARD TO COMPREHEND, DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.
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ABSURD

(CRAZY)

Definition
SILLY, RIDICULOUS
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AMBIVALENT

(MISLEADING)

Definition
UNDECIDED,HAVING MIXED EMOTIONS,UNSURE
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AMUSED

(CHARM)

Definition
ENTERTAINED, FINDING HUMOR, EXPRESSED BY SMILE OR LAUGH.
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ANGRY

(ANNOYED)

Definition
ENRAGED, VERY MAD, INCENSED, THREATENING OR MENACING.
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APATHETIC

(COLD)

Definition
LACKING CONCERN, SHOWING LITTLE OR NO INTEREST.
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ARROGANT

(COCKY)

Definition
HAUGHTY, ACTING FALSE SUPERIORITY
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BITTER

(HARSH)

Definition
RESENTFUL, HAVING STRONG ANIMOSITY OR RANCOR.
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CAUSTIC

(ABRASIVE)

Definition
BITING, AS IN MAKING CORROSIVE COMMENTS.
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CHEERFUL

(ENTHUSIASTIC)

Definition
JOVIAL, HAPPY, IN GOOD SPIRITS.
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COMIC

(JOKER)

Definition
HUMOROUS, FUNNY.
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COMPASSIONATE

(UNDERSTANDING)

Definition
SYMPATHETIC, HAVING FEELING FOR OTHERS, SHOWING PITY, EMPATHY.
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COMPLEX

(CONFUSED)

Definition
COMPLICATED, HAVING MANY VARYING CHARATERISTICS.
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CONDESCENDING

(COMPLY)

Definition
PATRONIZING, STOOPING TO THE LEVEL OF ONE'S INFERIORS.
Term

CRITICAL

(DEMANDING)

Definition
DISAPPROVING
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CRUEL

(COLD-BLOODED)

Definition
CAUSING SUFERRING, CAUSING PAIN.
Term

CYNICAL

(SARCASTIC)

Definition
SCORNFUL OF THE MOTIVES OR VIRTUES OF OTHERS, BITTERLY MOCKING, SNEERING.
Term

DEPRESSED

(AFFLICT)

Definition
DEJECTED, SAD, UNHAPPY, TROUBLED.
Term

DETACHED

(SEPARATE)

Definition
UNINVOLVED, HAVING NO INTEREST OR FEELING, OBJECTIVE.
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DISTRESSED

(WORRY)

Definition
UPSET
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EARNEST

(WARM)

Definition
SINCERE, SHOWING DEEP FEELING, SERIOUSNESS.
Term

EXCITED

(INSPIRE)

Definition
DEEPLY AROUSED, EMOTIONALLY STIRRED.
Term

FARCICAL

(AMUSING)

Definition
MOCKING, LUDICROUS, ABSURD, HUMOROUS AND HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.
Term

FORMAL

(APPROVED)

Definition
ACCEPTING RULES, STIFF, USING TEXTBOOK, STYLE, FACTUAL, FOLLOWING ACCEPTED STYLES, RULES, OR CEREMONIES.
Term

GENTLE

(COMPASSIONATE)

Definition
CONSIDERATE, KIND, MILD, SOFT.
Term

GHOULISH

(CRUEL (SPOOKY))

Definition
LAOTHESOME, GRUESOME, HORRID.
Term

HARD

(FIRM)

Definition
UNFEELING, HARD-HEARTED, UNYIELDING.
Term

IMPASSIONED

(PASSIONATE)

Definition
EMOTIONAL, FILLED WITH EMOTION, ARDENT.
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INCREDULOUS

(SUSPICIOUS)

Definition
DOUBTFUL, DISBELIEVING, SKEPTICAL.
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INDIGNANT

(ANNOYED)

Definition
ANGRY, ANGERED BY SOMETHING UNJUST, MEAN, UNWORTHY.
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