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68. Meditative - deeply or seriously thoughtful

69. Mock - pretending to be serious or disingenuous

70. Mock-heroic - imitating that which is heroic, as in manner, character, or action

71. Moralistic - characterized by or displaying a concern with morality

72. Mournful - feeling or expressing sorrow or grief; sorrowful; sad

73. Nonchalant - coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual

74. Nostalgic - longing for past events

75. Obdurate - stubborn; unyielding; stubbornly resistant to moral influence

76. Objective - not influenced by personal feelings or prejudice; based on facts; unbiased

77. Obsequious - overly obedient or submissive

78. Ominous - foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

79. Optimistic - disposed to take a favorable view of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable

outcome

80. Oratorical - given to making speeches; pertaining to speech-like quality

81. Outraged - angered and resentful; indignant

82. Overbearing - domineering; dictatorial; haughty, or rudely arrogant

83. Paranoid - exhibiting or characterized irrational fear or distrust

84. Patronizing - displaying or indicative of a condescending manner or tone

85. Pedantic - ostentatious in one’s learning; overly concerned with minute details, esp. in teaching

86. Penitent - feeling or expressing sorrow wrongdoing or sin; repentant; contrite

87. Pensive - expressing or revealing thoughtfulness, usually marked by some sadness

88. Petty - of little or no importance or consequence

89. Placid - pleasantly calm or peaceful

90. Playful - pleasantly humorous or jesting

91. Poignant - keen or strong in mental appeal

92. Pretentious - characterized by assumption of importance or dignity

93. Provocative - tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing

94. Reassuring - to restore to assurance or confidence

95. Recalcitrant - resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory

96. Reminiscent - awakening memories of something similar; suggestive

97. Resigned - submissive or acquiescent

98. Respectful - full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference

99. Reticent - disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved; restrained

100. Reverent - deeply respectful; showing great esteem

101. Righteous - believing one’s self to be morally right and just; guiltless

102. Romantic - characterized by a preoccupation with love; imbued with or dominated by idealism, a

desire for adventure, chivalry, etc.

103. Sanguine - cheerfully hopeful, or confident

104. Sardonic - characterized by scorn; mocking; cynical; sneering

105. Satiric - exposing ridicule or derision

106. Scholarly - concerned with academic learning and research

107. Self-deprecating - belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest

108. Sentimental - overly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender

109. Skeptical - marked by or given to doubt; questioning

110. Solemn - grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood

111. Sophomoric - intellectually pretentious, overconfident, conceited; immature

112. Speculative - theoretical, rather than practical

113. Stately - imposing in elegance

114. Stolid - not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional

115. Straightforward - direct; not roundabout; free from deceit; honest

116. Strident - making or having a harsh sound; grating

117. Suspenseful - characterized by or causing suspense

118. Suspicious - openly distrustful

119. Sympathetic - characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing;

compassionate

120. Terse - neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy, as language

121. Thoughtful - showing consideration for others; contemplative; meditative; reflective

122. Vexed - irritated; annoyed

123. Vitriolic - very caustic; scathing

124. Wistful - characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning; pensive

125. Zealous - ardently active, devoted, or diligent