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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Summer Groce
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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Lukeus McCoy
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
Katy Harvey
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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Skyla Robbins
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.
• Sources: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Esoteric• http://gillianla.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/entertainment-
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Ashley Shelton
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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Jonathan Adams
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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By: Haley Myers
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.