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7260011292acrimoniouscaustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.0
7260011293acrimonioushardened, insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic1
7260011294CholericExtremely irritable or easily angered2
7260011295Didacticintended for instruction; inclined to teach or lecture others too much3
7260011296Paradigma framework containing the basic assumptions, ways of thinking, and methodology4
7260011297paradigman example of serving as a model, pattern5
7260011298ostentatiouscharacterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others6
7260386962manifestreadily perceived by the eye or the understanding, evident, obvious, apparent, plain7
7260388687elegiacexpressing sorrow or lementation8
7260389951countenanceappearance, especially the look or expression of the face9
7260391134pedanticostentatious in one's learning10
7260391881pedanticoverly concerned with the minute details or formalisms, especially teaching11
7260395592causticseverely critical or sarcastic12
7260410028poignantkeenly distressing to the feelings13
7260410569poignantaffecting or moving the emotions14
7260410910poignantpungent in the smell15
7260411256beguileto influence by trickery, flattery, to mislead or delude16
7260412869extrapolateto infer from something that is known; conjecture17
7260416157ignominious/ignominymarked by or attend with ignominy, discreditable, humiliating18
7260418027ignominious/ignominydisgrace, dishonor, public contempt19
7260419014ignominious/ignominyshameful or dishonorable quantity or conduct or an instance of this20
7260420611derision/ derisiveridicule, mockery21
7260421632derision/ derisivecontemptuous, mocking22
7260422886nuancea subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning or response23
7261816458nuancevery slight difference or variation in color or tone24
7261817654magnanimousgenerous in forgiving an insult or injury, free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness25
7261821395magnanimoushigh-minded or noble26
7261822205disdainto look upon or treat with contempt, despise, scorn27
7261823639haughtydisdainfully proud, snobbish, scornfully arrogant, supercilious28
7261849924calloushardened, insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic29

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