Derision

• [dih-rizh-uhn]

• — noun 1. the act of deriding; mockery; scorn 2. an object of ridicule

• The inept performance elicited derision from the audience. (Inept can mean clumsy and elicited can mean to bring out).

–adjective • frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or

lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity

• The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.

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Platonic• –adjective • 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines. • 2. pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as

a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty. • 3. ( usually lowercase ) purely spiritual; free from sensual

desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex.

• Sentence: Jack and Jill have a platonic relationship. • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/platonic• Cassandra Cochran

WhimsicalWhimsical–adjective

1. Given to whimsy or fanciful notions; pixyish.2. Of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as

thoughts or actions:3. Erratic; unpredictable:

Sentence:

He was too whimsical with regard to his work.

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Trite–adjective,1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, The commencement address was trite and endlessly long.

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Petty [Tessa Britt]

• –adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est. • 1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances. • 2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty

considerations. • 3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds. • 4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person. • 5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge. • 6. of secondary rank, esp. in relation to others of the same class or kind:

petty states; a petty tyrant.

• “The peasant’s petty grievances over the loss of his shrubbery was of no importance to the king.”

<- not to be confused with “Tom Petty”

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RancorNoun [rang-ker]• Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.

• Amid the political rancor and sharp moral tensions that surround us domestically and abroad, our generation is ready to act.

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Pretentious:[pri-ten-shuhs]

–adjective 1. full of pretense (a false show of something) or pretension. 2. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance. 3. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.

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Example: The girl’s pretentious demeanor initially intimidated her peers, but they later became exasperated with her showy antics.

Synonyms: pompous, bombastic

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Choleric [kol-er-ik, kuh-ler-ik]

By: Chelsey White

• Adjective

1.Extremely irritable or easily angered.

2.Obsolete

• Sentence: James has a very choleric personality.

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Indignant -[in-dig-nuh-nt]

By: Brandon Sneed

-Adjective– Definition: Feeling, characterized by,

or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.

-Sentence: After the crude remarks, the man had an indignant expression

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Enamor:

• Verb

• To fill or inflame with love (usually used in the passive and followed by of or sometimes with )

• Sentence: She's enamored of her new boyfriend.

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Esoteric

• [es-uh-ter-ik] • Adjective • Definition: Understood by or meant for only the select

few who have special knowledge or interest. Private; secret; confidential.

• Sentence: His life work has been conducting research in a somewhat esoteric branch of business.

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Perturb [per-turb] (verb)

• to disturb or disquiet greatly in mind; agitate; deranged.

• “Would it perturb you if I left the empty milk jug in the refrigerator?”

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• Noun• Respect or awe

inspired by the dignity, wisdom, dedication, or talent of a person

Used in a sentence:• The men were held in

great veneration because of their bravery in the war.

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Colloquial[kuh-loh-kwee-uhl]

Miranda Young• -adjective

-characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.

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• An automobile is colloquially known as a car.

In German a rabbit’s ear is called spoon. And “handing off the spoon” is a colloquial expression for dying – much like pip out or kick the bucket in English. So, basically, Bunny confuses Death here by handing off his spoon literally.

*Languid* Bailey Hume

• (adj .) \laŋ-gwəd\

• 1: drooping or flagging

from or as if from

exhaustion : weak• 2: sluggish in character

or disposition : listless• 3: lacking force or quickness

of movement : slow • They proceeded at a languid pace• http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/languid

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Pessimistic(pes·si·mis·tic)

• Adjective• pertaining to or characterized by   pessimism;

gloomy: a pessimistic outlook.• Pessimism-the tendency to see, anticipate, or emphasize only bad • Or undesirable outcomes, results, conditions, problems, etc.• Sentence –

People who are pessimistic always see their glass half empty rather than half full.

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Abstrusehard to understand; recondite;

esoteric: abstruse theories.The students were abstruse in their writings.

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[suh-lis-i-tuhs]

–adjective 1. anxious or concerned2. eager3. careful or particularwww.dictionary.com

The doctor is very solicitous over his patients’ health.

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**Showing or having an insensitive or cruel disregard for others**

Adjective

The man was very callouscallous towards the woman’s suffering

Incensed

-verb: to inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage.

Ex: “My mother was incensed when my brother broke her china plate.”

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• Verb:• To inspire or possess with a

foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.

• To affect with folly; make foolish or fatuous.

• Her love and infatuation was so strong that she truly was blinded by love.

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PedanticAdjective

1.ostentatious in one's learning.2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, especially in teaching.

Ostentatious- characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others

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The tactic was designed to puncture his arrogance -- so evident in the way he attempted to belittle other people and in the pedantic manner in which he tried to control the questioning.

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Incensed

-verb: to inflame with wrath; make angry; enrage.

Ex: “My mother was incensed when my brother broke her china plate.”

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Moralistic

Adjective

Pronunciation: mawr-uh-list

Definitions:

• a person who teaches or inculcates morality.

• a person who practices morality.

• a person concerned with regulating the morals of others"moralistic." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 14 Feb. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/moralistic>.

ROSALEIGH

Moralistic cont’d

The student spoke about the other girl in the class with a moralistic tone in his voice.

This book is about a teen who is sometimes Christian in a way and other times she is horrible in her Christian ways. This is moralistic because it shows how she needs to be taught some morals. This could be done by a teacher who was moralistic.

Caustic•Being severely critical or sarcastic.

•Noun:

• He shook his head and muttered in a very caustic tone.

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