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31-60 Flashcards

1
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Egregious

A

Very noticeable, especially for being incorrect or bad (blatant)

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Elegiac

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Mournful

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Duplicity

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Deceitfulness in speech or conduct, double dealing

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Divination

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Practice of seeking knowledge by supernatural means

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5
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Dotard

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An old person, especially a senile one

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Dissuade

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To persuade someone to not take a course of action, discourage

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7
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Dissonant

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Disagreeing or harsh sound

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Dissemble

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Conceal ones true motives, feelings, or beliefs

Conceal, hide

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Discursive

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Digressing from subject to subject or fluent or expressive writing
Rambling, flowing

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Disparage

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Regard or represent as being little worth

Belittle, disrespect

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11
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Dilatory

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Tending to delay or procrastinate

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Demagogue

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Politician who gains support by appealing to popular desire

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Diffidence

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Modesty, shyness, self-doubt

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Desecrate

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Treat with violent disrespect, violate

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Curmudgeon

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A bad tempered or surly person

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Cryptic

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Mysterious, ambiguous, puzzling

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Diatribe

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A bitter, sharply abusive attack or criticism

18
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Credulous

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Gullible

19
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Dearth

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Scarcity or lack of

20
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Coterie

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A small group of people with shared interests

Clique, squad

21
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Contentious

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Causing or likely to cause argument

22
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Corpulence

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Fatness, obesity

23
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Conundrum

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A confusing or difficult problem or question

24
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Confluence

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The joining of 2 things, especially rivers

25
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Conjugal

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Marital

26
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Copious

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Abundant in quantity

27
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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong emotion

Roy

28
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Emanate

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Originate from or spread out from a source

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