English Flashcards

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Poignant

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Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause or interruption, unceasing

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Jaunty

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Having or expressing a lively, self confident manner, cheerful

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4
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Dissension

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Disagreement that leads to conflict

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5
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Rivulet

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A very small stream

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6
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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, enjoyable

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7
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Vacuous

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Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence

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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling, passionate, forceful, intense

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Eddy

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Circular movement of water

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10
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Gaudy

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Extravagantly bright or showy

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Credulity

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A tendency to be too ready to believe something that is real or true

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12
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Prodigality

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Wasteful extravagance in spending

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13
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Florid

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Elaborately or excessively complicated

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14
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Corpulent

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Fat/portly

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15
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Asunder

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Apart, divided

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