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Vocabulary Tone Words
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allusive suggest – think allusions
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bantering good natured teasing, joking, ridicule
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benevolent magnanimous, generous, noble
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burlesque mockery, sham, spoof, parody
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candid clear, frank, genuine, sincere
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clinical (think medical clinic)
direct, detached, scientific, impersonal (think medical clinic)
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contemptuous pompous, arrogant, superior, haughty
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diffident retiring, timid, hesitant, bashful
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disdainful haughty, arrogant, supercilious
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effusive talkative, verbose, profuse
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elegiac sad, mournful, plaintive
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factious dissident, rebellious, insubordinate
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Facetious amusing; humorous
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insipid flat, bland, tedious, banal (commonplace)
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insolent insulting, brazen, rude, contemptuous
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lugubrious gloomy, dismal, melancholy, somber
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Maudlin sentimental, mushy, gushing, insipid
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Patronizing condescending, scornful, disdainful
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Sardonic cutting, biting, satirical
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terse concise, succinct, pithy, pointed
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turgid pompous, bloated, swollen, distended
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