Express Your Feelings Through Words

1. Derision • [dih-rizh-uhn] • — noun 1. the act of deriding; mockery; scorn 2. an object of ridicule • The inept performance elicited derision from the audience. (Inept can mean clumsy and elicited can mean to bring out).

2. FLIPPANT • –adjective • frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity • The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism. • http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/flippant • Tracey Resner

3. Platonic –adjective 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Plato or his doctrines. 2. pertaining to, involving, or characterized by Platonic love as a striving toward love of spiritual or ideal beauty. 3. ( usually lowercase ) purely spiritual; free from sensual desire, especially in a relationship between two persons of the opposite sex. Sentence: Jack and Jill have a platonic relationship. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/platonic Cassandra Cochran

4. Whimsical Summer Groce –adjective • Given to whimsy or fanciful notions; pixyish. • Of the nature of or proceeding from whimsy, as thoughts or actions: • Erratic; unpredictable: Sentence: He was too whimsical with regard to his work. Dictionary.com

5. –adjective, 1. lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition; hackneyed; stale. 2. characterized by hackneyed expressions, ideas, The commencement address was trite and endlessly long. Trite Dictionary.com/ google images

6. Petty Sources: Definition: www.dictionary.com Pictures: www.photobucket.com <- not to be confused with “Tom Petty” –adjective, -ti·er, -ti·est. 1. of little or no importance or consequence: petty grievances. 2. of lesser or secondary importance, merit, etc.; minor: petty considerations. 3. having or showing narrow ideas, interests, etc.: petty minds. 4. mean or ungenerous in small or trifling things: a petty person. 5. showing or caused by meanness of spirit: a petty revenge. 6. of secondary rank, esp. in relation to others of the same class or kind: petty states; a petty tyrant. “The peasant’s petty grievances over the loss of his shrubbery was of no importance to the king.”

7. Rancor Noun [rang-ker] • Bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice. • Amid the political rancor and sharp moral tensions that surround us domestically and abroad, our generation is ready to act. http://www.routeoneforlife.com/tag/angry-bird/ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rancor

8. http://dictionary.reference.com/ changeswithinme.wordpress.com Pretentious: Katy Harvey [pri-ten-shuhs] –adjective 1. full of pretense (a false show of something) or pretension. 2. characterized by assumption of dignity or importance. 3. making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious. Synonyms: pompous, bombastic Example: The girl’s pretentious demeanor initially intimidated her peers, but they later became exasperated with her showy antics.

9. Choleric [kol-er-ik, kuh-ler-ik] By: Chelsey White • Adjective • Extremely irritable or easily angered. • Obsolete • Sentence: James has a very choleric personality. • http://www.nativeremedies.com/images/design/ailmentIrritability.jpg • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/choleric

10. Indignant -[in-dig-nuh-nt] By: Brandon Sneed -Adjective – Definition: Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base. Sentence: After the crude remarks, the man had an indignant expression on his face. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse /indignant