ALL Flashcards

(54 cards)

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Cogent

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convincing; reasonable

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Compelling

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forceful; urgently demanding attention

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Convoluted

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intricate; complex

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Didactic

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intented to instruct

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Dogmatic

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characterized by a stubborn adherence to a belief

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Effusive

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describing unrestrained emotional expression; pouring freely

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Emphatic

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Expressed or expressing with emphasis

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Florid

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flowery in style

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Fluid

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Easily flowing

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Hackneyed

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overfamiliar through overuse; trite

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Rapport

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a relationship of mutual trust or affinity

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Adage

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A wise old saying

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Poignant

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profoundly moving; touching

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Abstruse

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hard to understand

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Arduous

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diffiicult; strenuous

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Futile

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serving no useful purpose

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Heinous

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hatefully evil; abominable

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Impede

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to slow the progress of; to interfere with

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impenetrable

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incapable of being penetrated; inaccessible

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dilatory

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tending to cause delay

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enervate

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to weaken the strength or vitality

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indolent

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listless

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lacking energy

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sedentary

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not migratory; involving much sitting; settled

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soporific
causing sleep or sleepiness
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stupor
a stated of reduced or suspended sensibility
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torpor
laziness; inactivity; dullness
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paucity
an extreme lack of
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ebullience
lively or enthusiastic expression
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farce
a rediculous or empty show
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frenetic
frenzied or crazed
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garrulous
given to excessive, rambling talk
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gratuitous
given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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insipid
uninteresting; unchallenging
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ponderous
of great weight; dull
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sonorous
having or producing sound; imposing or impressive
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squalor
a filthy condition or quality
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superfluous
extra; unnecessary
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specious
having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually being false
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slander
false charges and malicious oral statements or reports about someone
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ruse
a crafty trick
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egregious
conspicuously bad or offensive
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facetious
playfully humorous
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pander
to cater to the tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses
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propriety
appropiateness of behavior
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wry
dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony
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lampoon
(n) a broad satirical piece; (v) to broadly satire
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parody
an artistic work that imitates the style of another work for comic effect
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Brook (v)
to bear; suffer; tolerate
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Ephemeral
fleeting
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nonplussed
a state of utter perplexity
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euanimity
mental or emotional stability in composure, especially under tension or strain; calmness; equilibrium
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Penitence
regret for one's wrong-doing or sinning; contrition; repentance
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laconic
talkative