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4743902880Acerbicsour or bitter0
4743902881AloofRemote in manner (careless)1
4743903636AmbivalentUncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow. (indecisive)2
4743904682ApatheticShowing little or no emotion or animation (emotionless)3
4743905912ApprehensiveIn fear or dread of possible evil or harm4
4743906892audaciousDisposed to venture or take risks5
4743907210BanalRepeated too often; over familiar through overuse6
4743908568BellicoseHaving or showing a ready disposition to fight (hostile)7
4743909062BrusqueMarked by rude or peremptory shortness (snobby/rude)8
4743909991BucolicDevoted to raising sheep or cattle (caring)9
4743911204CallousHaving callouses, unfeeling10
4743911708CandidOpenly straightforward and direct without secretiveness (direct/frank)11
4743912893CapriciousDetermined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity12
4743913659CausticCapable of destroying or eating away13
4743914381CautionaryServing to warn14
4743914383CholericCharacterized by anger15
4743915149ChurlishHaving a bad disposition; surly16
4743915709ConciliatoryMaking or willing to make concessions17
4743916053CondescendigCharacteristic of those who treat others with arrogance18
4743916779ContemptuousExpressing extreme scorn19

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