7 Flashcards by Alicia Lee

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propound

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to offer for consideration; to propose or suggest

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quixotic

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idealistic but impractical

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sinuous

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winding; not morally honest

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conducive

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contributive; tending to

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convene

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assemble

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epitome

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perfect example or embodiment

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frigid

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intensely cold

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imbue

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to fill with a certain quality or feeling; to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply infleunce

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inept

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lacking skill

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lugubrious

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mournful

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mushroom

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expand or grow rapidly

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pittance

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small allowance or wage

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quizzical

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teasing; bantering; mocking; curious

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refractory

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stubborn; unmanageable

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trifling

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trivial; unimportant

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vivify

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to give a lift; animate; quicken

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ambience

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environment; atmosphere

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burlesque

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give an imitation that ridicules

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confer

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to give, grant, or bestow

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destitue

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extremely poor

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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equable

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tranquil; steady; uniform

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explicate

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explain; interpret; clarify

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frivolous

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lacking in seriousness; relatively unimportant

immaculate

spotless; flawless; absolutely clean

inequity

unfairness

lacerated

torn

lull

a moment of calm

mercurial

changing; capricious; fickle

overwrought

extremely agitated; hysterical

perdition

damnation; complete ruin

prehensile

capable of grasping or holding

quotidian

commonplace; ordinary; everyday

skittish

nervous and easily frightened; jumpy

accede

agree

sanguine

cheerful; hopeful

bemoan

lament; express disapproval of

cipher

nonentity; worthless person or thing

confidant

trusted friend

decrepit

worn out by age