9B Flashcards
(53 cards)
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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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- 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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- 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
1. Musical introduction
| 2. An offer
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Palliate
To soothe: to calm
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Panegyrics
Speech full of praise
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Pariah
Outcast
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Parsimony
Stinginess
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Paucity
Lack
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Penchant
Strong taste or liking for SOmething
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Perch
1. An elevated seat
| 2. To sit
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Perfunctory
Done without care
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Perspicacity
Strong perception
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Petulant
Rude; moody
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Pinnacle
Highest point
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Placate
To calm
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Plausible
Possible
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Pluralistic
Made up of different groups
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Portly
Overweight
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Potent
Strong
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Precipice
Cliff
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Predilection
Preference
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Proclivity
Liking
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Profound
Deep
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Propitious
Favorable
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Prostration
Extreme depression; physical exhaustion
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Provincial
Narrow - minded
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Pry
To ask personal questions; to look into someone's buisness
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Purist
Strict followers of a tradition
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Qualified
1. Limited in meaning
| 2. Meeting requirements
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Querulous
Complaining
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Quixotic
Romantic
