Untitled Flashcard Set

SATIRIC

Caustic; derisive.

WHIMSICAL

Fanciful; capricious.

DRAMATIC

Striking; emotional.

LEARNED

Profoundly knowledgeable.

INFORMATIVE

Instructive.

SOMBER

Gloomy; dark.

URGENT

Calling for immediate action.

CONFIDENT

Assured; certain.

MOCK-HEROIC

Satirical imitation; parody of heroism.

OBJECTIVE

Unbiased; detached.

DIFFIDENT

Shy; timid.

IRONIC

Reality different from appearance.

DIDACTIC

Morally instructive.

PETTY

Insignificant; trivial.

FACTUAL

Containing facts; truth; reality.

RESTRAINED

Controlled.

ELEGIAC

Mournful of a loss.

DISDAINFUL

Scornful.

LUGUBRIOUS

Ludicrously; excessively mournful.

PEDANTIC

Making a show of knowledge.

INDIGNANT

Justifiably angry.

BANTERING

Exchanging witty remarks.

FLIPPANT

Disrespectfully indifferent.

CONDESCENDING

Feeling of superiority.

PATRONIZING

To condescend to.

FACETIOUS

Playful; silly.

CLINICAL

Purely scientific; empirical.

MOCK-SERIOUS

Contemptuously earnest.

INFLAMMATORY

Causing an intense reaction.

BENEVOLENT

Kindly; charitable.

BURLESQUE

Absurd; mocking imitation.

FANCIFUL

Imaginative.

CYNICAL

Doubtful of others’ virtues; intentions.

INCISIVE

Suggesting sharp intellect.

ALLUSIVE

Making indirect mention.

SCORNFUL

Extremely contemptuous.

EFFUSIVE

Gushy; excessively emotional.