2 Flashcards by Rose Gilmore

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Brink

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Verge

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Diffident

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Shy

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Candour
Her heartfelt candour was palpable

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Frankness

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Impels

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Force

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Dissipate

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Disappear

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Quintessential

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Typical

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Asinine obtuse dense

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Stupid

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Malarkey hokum

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Nonsense

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Connotation

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Hidden meaning

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Intricacies

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Details

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Coddling

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Pampering

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Compunction

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a feeling of guilt or moral scruple that prevents or follows the doing of something bad.

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Ulterior

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Secondary

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Exasperated

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Annoyed

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Irrevocably

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In a way that cannot be changed or reversed

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Queasy

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Sick

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Incriminate

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Implicate

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Churlish

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Rude

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Fend

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Take care of oneself

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Substantiate

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Prove

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Gruntled

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Satisfied

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Disgruntled

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Dissatisfied

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Elusive

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Difficult to find

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Pugnacious

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Easy to annoy

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Placate

Pacify

Odious

Extremely unpleasant

Concoction

Mixture

Goading

Provoke or annoyed to get a reaction Instigating

Exonerated

Absolve

Hinges

Depends

Invariably

Always

Repellent

Revolting

Gloat

Take great pleasure in, relish

Inexplicable

Can’t be explained

Excursion

Trip

Precipitously

Hastily and without careful consideration

Lecherous

Lustful

Stealthily

In a surreptitious manner so can’t be seen or heard

Saccharine

Extremely sweet

Penance

Atonement

Transpired

Happened

Blunder

Mistake

Congenial

Like minded

Indignant

Aggrieved

Indigent

Poor

Ineffectual

Ineffective

Butch

Manly

Innocuously

Not harmful or offensive

Gumption

Initiative

Utility

Usefulness

Nifty

Skilful

Concur

Agree

Hiatus

Pause

Integrity

Honesty

Encircles

Surrounds

Debilitating

Weakening exhausting

Banal

Trite

Gravitated

Move

Bonafide

Genuine

Backtrack

Retrace one’s steps

Inconsolable

Heartbroken

Convoluted

Complicated

Paramount

Most imp

Disreputable

Doesn’t deserve respect

Impetuous

Impulsive

Deride

Ridicule

Contention

Argument

Discourse

Discussion

Delineate

Describe

Palpable

Tangible

Prompted

Caused

Posterity

Future generations

Erroneous amiss

Wrong

Ubiquitous ubiquity

Universal

Rampant

Uncontrollable

Egregious The prices at that restaurant is egregious The wait time for gta is egregious

Shockingly bad, mad, crazy

Abysmal

Bad

Shoddy

Subpar

Forbearing

Patient

Reminiscent

Similar to

Exhibitionist

Person who shows off

Ameliorate

Improve

Transient

Temporary

Perpetual perennial

Constant

Ephemeral

Short lived

Dauntless

Fearless

Lauded

Praised

Impromptu

Sudden unplanned

Jarring

Out of place

Irascible

Easily angered

Sagacious

Clever

Sanguine

Optimistic calm

Solipsistic

Self centred

Phlegmatic

Self controlled

Obfuscate That’s just obfuscating the truth

Complicates

Besotted

Smitten

Incandescent incandescent with joy

Filled with and glowing