Vocab Week 7 Flashcards

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Moribund

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At the point of death

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Subversive

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Tending to subvert(overthrow), especially in legal situations/gov

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Inexorable

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Impossible To stop or prevent

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal

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Blasé

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unimpressed or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.

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Choleric

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bad-tempered or irritable.

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Indolent

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wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.

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Lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad and dismal.

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Phlegmatic

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(of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition.

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Propitious

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Favorable

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Brazen

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Bold and without shame

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Jocund

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Cheerful and lighthearted

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Strident

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Loud and harsh; grating

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Vehement

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showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense.

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Morose

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sullen and ill-tempered.

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Obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.

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Callous

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showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

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Incisive

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(of a person or mental process) intelligently analytical and clear-thinking.

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Effusive

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expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

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Supercilious

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behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others.