Word List 10 Flashcards by Christy Ro | Brainscape

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bellicose

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war-like; aggressive

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consummate

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complete; total; supremely good

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elusive

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hard to pin down

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gregarious

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extroverted; social; outgoing

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jaundiced

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cynical; pessimistic

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nettle

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annoy

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whet

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sharpen

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contemporary

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living or happening at the same time

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jaunt

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short pleasure trip

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niggardly

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miserly; stingy

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whimsical

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capricious; changeable

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bemoan

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complain about

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contrite

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sorry

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philistine

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uncultured person

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redolent

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smelling of; giving off odors

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surreptitious

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secret; stealthy

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willful

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stubborn

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benevolent

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kindly

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guile

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cunning; craftiness

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jingoistic

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extremely patriotic; nationalistic

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phlegmatic

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calm; imperturbable

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redress

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put something right that was wrong

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surreptitiously

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secretly; furtively

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contumacious

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stubborn

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embroil

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involve in hostility or argument

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guileless

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frank; honest

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jocular

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in a joking manner

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nondescript

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having no special features; dull and ordinary

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pillage

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plunder

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superfluous

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redundant

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benignity

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compassion; fondness

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contusion

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a bruise

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jollity

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gaiety, happiness

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nonentity

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a person of no importance; not famous

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referendum

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public vote

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bequeath

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leave something in one’s will to be given after one’s death

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emulate

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to imitate something admired

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refute

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disprove

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sybarite

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lover of luxury

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zany

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crazy; wacky

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berate

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scold, criticize

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gustatory

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concerned with the sense of taste

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judicious

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correct in judgment; wise

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notoriety

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infamy; known for wrong doing

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regale

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entertain

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sycophant

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bootlicker; flatterer

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zeal

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enthusiasm

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corpulent

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fat

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hackneyed

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common, over-used

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jurisprudence

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science or study of law

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novel

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new; unusual

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placate

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pacify; soothe

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relegate

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dismiss to a lower position

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taciturn

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quiet; saying little

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zealot

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fanatic

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bestial

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behaving like a beast; brutal

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corrugated

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highly folded

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hallowed

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worshiped; consecrated

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tyro

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novice

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tactile

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concerned with the sense of touch

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zenith

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summit