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4955607784AbashedAshamed or embarressed; disconcerned0
4955607785AbhorringTo regard with extreme repugnance or averison; detest utterly; loathe; abominate1
4955607786AbstruseDifficult to understand2
4955607787AbsurdRediculous; silly3
4955607788AcerbicHarsh or servere, as of temper or expression4
4955607789AdmiringTo regard with wonder, pleasure or approval5
4955607790AdmonishingCautioning, advising, or counseling against somehing; reprobing or scolding, especially in a mild and good willed manner; reminding6
4955607791AdoringTo regard with the utmost esteem, love, and respect; honor7
4955607792AffectionateShowing, indicating, or characterized by affecting or live; fondly tender8
4955607793AmbiguousOpen to or having several possible meanings or interpretations9
4955607794AmbivalentUncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneoud desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things10
4955607795AmusedPlesurably entertained, occupied, or diverted11
4955607796AnnoyedTo cause slight irritation to (another) by troublesome, often repeated acts12
4955607797AntagonisticActing in opposition; opposing; esp. matually/ hostile; unfriendly13
4955607798AnxiousFull of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; silcition/ earnestly desirous, eager14
4955607799ApatheticHaving or showing little to no emotion/ not interested or concerned; indifferent or unresponsive15
4955607800ApologeticContaining an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury16
4955607801AppreciativeFeeling or expressive of gratitude17
4955607802ApprehensiveUneasy of fearful about something that might happen18
4955607803ApprovingTo speak of think favorably of; pronouce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably19
4955607804ArdentCharacterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent; intensly devoted; eager, or enthusiastic; zealous; vehement; fierce20
4955607805ArrogantMaking claims or pretensions to surperior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud21
4955607806AudaciousExtremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless22
4955607807AuthoritarianHaving an air of authority; accustomed to exercising authority; positive; peremptory; dictionorial23
4955607808BaffledTo confuse, bewilder, or perplex24
4955607809BanteringGood-humored, playful conversation25
4955607810BelligerentWarlike; given to waging war26
4955607811BemusedBewildered of confused/ lost in thought; preoccupied27
4955607812BenevolentCharacterized by or expressing goodwill ot kindly feelings28
4955607813BewilderedCompletely puzzled of confused; perplexed29
4955607814BitingNipping; smarting; keen/cutting; sarcastic30
4955607815BitterHaving harsh, dusagreeably acrid taste, characterized by intense antagonsim or hostility/ hard to admit or accept31

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