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October 6, 2009 By Wanda C. (Spring, TX)

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  1. abstract
    existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment
  2. acerbic
    sour or bitter in taste
  3. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  4. amused
    pleasantly occupied
  5. aphoristic
    terse and witty and like a maxim
  6. bemused
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
  7. benign
    kindness of disposition or manner
  8. bitter
    causing a sharp and acrid taste experience;"quinine is bitter"
  9. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  10. chatty
    prone to friendly informal communication
  11. colloquial
    characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation
  12. concrete
    capable of being perceived by the senses; not abstract or imaginary
  13. condescending
    (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
  14. confessional
    a booth where a priest sits to hear confessions
  15. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
  16. defiant
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
  17. detached
    no longer connected or joined
  18. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  19. earnest
    characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions
  20. emotive
    characterized by emotion
  21. enigmatic
    not clear to the understanding
  22. euphemistic
    substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
  23. flippant
    showing inappropriate levity
  24. florid
    elaborately or excessively ornamented
  25. formal
    being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
  26. grandiloquent
    lofty in style
  27. grim
    harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
  28. heroic
    having or displaying qualities appropriate for heroes
  29. hyperbolic
    of or relating to a hyperbola
  30. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  31. informal
    not formal
  32. lilting
    characterized by a buoyant rhythm
  33. matter-of-fact
    concerned with practical matters
  34. maudlin
    effusively or insincerely emotional
  35. menacing
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  36. metaphysical
    pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics
  37. mock-heroic
    a satirical imitation of heroic verse
  38. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience
  39. offhand
    with little or no preparation or forethought
  40. oratorical
    characteristic of an orator or oratory
  41. pathetic
    deserving or inciting pity
  42. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow)
  43. pedantic
    marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
  44. pensive
    deeply or seriously thoughtful
  45. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  46. ponderous
    having great mass and weight and unwieldiness
  47. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  48. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
  49. redemptive
    of or relating to or resulting in redemption
  50. resign
    accept as inevitable
  51. rhetorical
    of or relating to rhetoric
  52. sardonic
    disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking
  53. sensory
    relating to or concerned in sensation
  54. sentimental
    given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
  55. surreal
    characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions
  56. tongue-in-cheek
    cleverly amusing in tone
  57. understated
    exhibiting restrained good taste
  58. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
  59. vivid
    having striking color
  60. whimsical
    determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason