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  1. ambiguous: open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations
  2. Ambivalent: uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice
  3. apathetic: having or showing little to no emotion
  4. audacious: fearless, saucy
  5. bantering: good-humored, playful
  6. belligerant: warlike
  7. bemused: bewildered or confused
  8. blithe: joyous, merry
  9. brusque: adrupt, blunt
  10. candid: frank, outspoken
  11. choleric: easily angered, irritable
  12. colloquial: informal
  13. conciliatory: overcome distrust and animosity
  14. contentious: tending to argument, quarralsome
  15. curt: adrupt, rude
  16. derisive: mocking, contemptuos
  17. didactic: instructive
  18. diffident: lacking confidence, timid, shy
  19. ebullient: overflowing with enthusiasm, excitement
  20. effusive: showing too much emotion, lacking reserve
  21. elegiac: expressing sorrow/lamentation
  22. eloquent: fancy speech-like
  23. evasive: deliberately vague or ambiguous
  24. facetious: not meant to be taken seriously
  25. fervent: having or showing great enthusiasm
  26. ghoulish: strangely cruel
  27. histrionic: over the top dramatic
  28. incisive: biting, sharp
  29. incredulous: skeptical
  30. indignant: strong displeasure at something considered unjust
  31. insipid: boring
  32. introspective: look into yourself
  33. laudatory: praising
  34. mirthful: joyous, jolly
  35. pedantic: overly concerned with tiny details
  36. poignant: moving the emotions
  37. reticent: reserved
  38. risible: laughable
  39. sanguine: cheerfully optimistic
  40. speculative: showing curiousity or interest
  41. sprightly: animated, lively
  42. strident: wanting to be heard, loud, harsh
  43. terse: neatly and effectively concise
  44. turgid: pompous
  45. vitriolic: very caustic
  46. wistful: yearning, melancholy, longing
  47. wry: devious in purpose, misdirected, bitterly ironic