4743902880 | Acerbic | sour or bitter | 0 | |
4743902881 | Aloof | Remote in manner (careless) | 1 | |
4743903636 | Ambivalent | Uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow. (indecisive) | 2 | |
4743904682 | Apathetic | Showing little or no emotion or animation (emotionless) | 3 | |
4743905912 | Apprehensive | In fear or dread of possible evil or harm | 4 | |
4743906892 | audacious | Disposed to venture or take risks | 5 | |
4743907210 | Banal | Repeated too often; over familiar through overuse | 6 | |
4743908568 | Bellicose | Having or showing a ready disposition to fight (hostile) | 7 | |
4743909062 | Brusque | Marked by rude or peremptory shortness (snobby/rude) | 8 | |
4743909991 | Bucolic | Devoted to raising sheep or cattle (caring) | 9 | |
4743911204 | Callous | Having callouses, unfeeling | 10 | |
4743911708 | Candid | Openly straightforward and direct without secretiveness (direct/frank) | 11 | |
4743912893 | Capricious | Determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity | 12 | |
4743913659 | Caustic | Capable of destroying or eating away | 13 | |
4743914381 | Cautionary | Serving to warn | 14 | |
4743914383 | Choleric | Characterized by anger | 15 | |
4743915149 | Churlish | Having a bad disposition; surly | 16 | |
4743915709 | Conciliatory | Making or willing to make concessions | 17 | |
4743916053 | Condescendig | Characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance | 18 | |
4743916779 | Contemptuous | Expressing extreme scorn | 19 |
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