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Vocabulary

Vocabulary . Tone Words. allusive. suggest – think allusions. bantering. good natured teasing, joking, ridicule. benevolent. magnanimous, generous, noble. burlesque. mockery, sham, spoof, parody. candid. clear, frank, genuine, sincere. clinical.

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Vocabulary

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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 • 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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