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| brazenly obvious; flagrant |
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| high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious |
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| tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
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| distrusting or disparaging the motives of others |
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| feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom |
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| intended for instruction; instructive |
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| serious in intention, purpose, or effort; sincerely zealous |
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| overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited |
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| ot meant to be taken seriously or literally |
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| not partial or biased; fair; just |
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| not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical |
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| feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base |
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| using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
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| kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense |
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| keenly distressing to the feelings |
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| firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion |
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| expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia |
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| calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled |
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| making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking |
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| characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning |
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| doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt |
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| frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness |
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| a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression |
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| tediously or pretentiously didactic |
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| characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved |
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| high-pitched and piercing in sound quality |
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| a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark |
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| having or showing bias or prejudice |
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