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1 Vocabulary Tone Words

2 allusive suggest – think allusions

3 bantering good natured teasing, joking, ridicule

4 benevolent magnanimous, generous, noble

5 burlesque mockery, sham, spoof, parody

6 candid clear, frank, genuine, sincere

7 clinical (think medical clinic)
direct, detached, scientific, impersonal (think medical clinic)

8 contemptuous pompous, arrogant, superior, haughty

9 diffident retiring, timid, hesitant, bashful

10 disdainful haughty, arrogant, supercilious

11 effusive talkative, verbose, profuse

12 elegiac sad, mournful, plaintive

13 factious dissident, rebellious, insubordinate

14 Facetious amusing; humorous

15 insipid flat, bland, tedious, banal (commonplace)

16 insolent insulting, brazen, rude, contemptuous

17 lugubrious gloomy, dismal, melancholy, somber

18 Maudlin sentimental, mushy, gushing, insipid

19 Patronizing condescending, scornful, disdainful

20 Sardonic cutting, biting, satirical

21 terse concise, succinct, pithy, pointed

22 turgid pompous, bloated, swollen, distended


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