9B Flashcards

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Laconic

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Not talkative

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Jettison

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To throw out

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Leery

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Suspicious

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Libertarian

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One who believes in free will

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Lithe

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Flexible

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Lurid

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Vivid

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Maladroit

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Clumsy

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Malinger

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To pretend to be ill in order to avoid work

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Marshal

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  1. To gather

2. An official of the police, courts, or army

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Maverick

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Rebel

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Minuet

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Slow dance

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Modicum

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Small amount

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Montage

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A collection of pictures

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Mote

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A small particle

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Muse

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  1. Source of inspiration

2. To think deeply about

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Myopia

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Narrow - mindedness

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Nemesis

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Enemy

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Nihilist

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One who rejects morals and wants society destroyed

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Nuance

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A slight change in tone and meaning

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Obliterate

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To destroy

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Odium

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Hatred

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Ontology

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The study of the nature of existence

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Orb

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Sphere

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Ossify

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To harden

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Overture

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  1. Musical introduction

2. An offer

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Palliate

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To soothe: to calm

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Panegyrics

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Speech full of praise

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Pariah

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Outcast

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Parsimony

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Stinginess

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Paucity

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Lack

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Penchant

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Strong taste or liking for SOmething

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Perch

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  1. An elevated seat

2. To sit

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Perfunctory

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Done without care

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Perspicacity

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Strong perception

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Petulant

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Rude; moody

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Pinnacle

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Highest point

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Placate

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To calm

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Plausible

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Possible

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Pluralistic

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Made up of different groups

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Portly

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Overweight

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Potent

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Strong

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Precipice

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Cliff

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Predilection

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Preference

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Proclivity

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Liking

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Profound

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Deep

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Propitious

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Favorable

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Prostration

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Extreme depression; physical exhaustion

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Provincial

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Narrow - minded

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Pry

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To ask personal questions; to look into someone’s buisness

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Purist

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Strict followers of a tradition

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Qualified

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  1. Limited in meaning

2. Meeting requirements

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Querulous

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Complaining

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Quixotic

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Romantic