226-270 Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Punitive

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Inflicting punishment

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Abhorrence

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Abomination

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Enervate

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Weaken

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Sardonic

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Sneering

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Soporific

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Drowsy

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Stentorian

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Very loud or powerful in sound

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Incessant

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Unending

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Exemplar

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An original or archetype

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Jargon

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The language peculiar to a particular trade

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Aesthetic

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Concerned with Notions such as the beautiful and The Ugly

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Facade

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A superficial appearance

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Coquettish

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Characteristically flirtatious

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Sully

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To soil

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Specious

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Apparently good

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Vicarious

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Experience in the imagination through another person

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Eulogy

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A speech In Praise of a person or thing

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Crass

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Stupid

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Paean

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Any song of praise

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Ebullient

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Overflowing with excitement

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Conjuncture

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The formation of an opinion without sufficient evidence

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Morose

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Gloomily ill humored

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Primogeniture

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First born of the same parents

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Staunch

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Firm or steadfast in principle

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Disputatious

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Argumentative

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Moniker
A person's name
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Berate
To scold
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Superlative
Of the highest kind
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Skeptic
A person who questions
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Empathy
The psychological identification with experiencing the feelings of another
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Incredulity
Inability to believe
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Censorious
Severely critical
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Pensive
Dreamily thoughtful
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Resonant
Echoing of sounds
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Sonorous
A deep sound
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Capacious
Spacious
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Joie de vivre
A delight in being alive
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Noisome
Offensive or disgusting
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Ascetic
A person who dedicates their life to a Pursuit of self-denial for religious reasons
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Decadent
Characterized by decadence
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Existential
Relating to existence
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Transcendental
Transcendent
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Serendipitous
Found by accident good
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Malaise
A condition of General bodily weakness
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Poemical
Controversial
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Obsolescence
The states of becoming obsolete