TONE WORDS 7&8

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Last updated 3:21 PM on 11/29/22
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Audacious
Extremely bold or daring. Recklessly brave.
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Austere
Grave, sober, solemn, serious, without excess, simple. Don't really have anything.
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Burlesque
Involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
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Credulous
Willing to believe or trust too readily
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Detached
Uninvolved, disinterested, aloof.
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Fatuous
Foolish or inane,silly.
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Haughty
Disdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant. (More extreme than burlesque, haughty is looking down on others)
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Inane
Lacking sense, significance, or ideas (can be silly).
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Mock-Serious
Pretending to be serious with a look or act. (Arrogance & least intense)
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Vibrant
Vigorous, energetic.
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Befuddled
Confused, bewildered, baffled.
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Belligerent
Aggressively hostile, warlike. (Anger)
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Candid
Frank, honest, open, sincere. (Honesty & Humility)
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Cautionary
Containing a warning. (Fear)
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Defiant
Boldly resistant or challenging. (Rebellion)
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Demeaning
Debasing, degrading.
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Imperious
Tyrannical, despotic.
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Naive
Having or showing a lack of experience, unsophisticated (honesty & humility).
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Placating
Appeasing, pacifying.
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Resentful
Full of displeasure or indignation at some remark or action