CHAPTER 1: CORE VOCABULARY- PART 1 Flashcards by KRYSTALE JOY LANZADERAS

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Mixed feelings

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AMBIVALENT

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A deviation from the norm

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ANOMALY & ATYPICAL

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Derisive mocking comments

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SARCASTIC & SARDONIC

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A scarcity or shortage

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DEARTH & PAUCITY

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To babble incessantly

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PRATTLE

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Dry humor

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WRY

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Not ordinary or typical

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UNCONVENTIONAL & UNORTHODOX

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Highly detailed

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PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS, EXACTING

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Very bold; daring

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AUDACIOUS

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Lack of interest or concern

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INDIFFERENT & APATHETIC

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Lacking self-confidence

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DIFFIDENT

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Practical; sensible

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PRAGMATIC

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An imaginative recreation

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EVOCATION

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Overbearing; impertinently bold

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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Very stubborn; defiant

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RECALCITRANT & OBDURATE

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A timely benefit

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BOON

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A source of harm

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BANE

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A secretive; not aboveboard; covert

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CLANDESTINE & SURPETITIOUS

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An agreeable; friendly

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AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS

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Puzzled; confused

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CONFOUNDED, PERPLEXED, MYSTIFIED

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An enormous; massive

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PRODIGIOUS

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An unclear; not definitive

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AMBIGUOUS

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To scold; rebuke

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REPROACH & CENSURE

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A sentimental longing for the past

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NOSTALGIA

An inference

CONJECTURE & SUPPOSITION

No longer in use

OBSOLETE

Very favorable

AUSPICIOUS

Very depressed

MOROSE & DESPONDENT

Failure to reach an agreement

IMPASSE

Not in the proper time period

ANACHRONISM

To give a false impression

BELIE

To ease; relieve, lessen

MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE

To strongly desire; to crave

COVET

Direct opposite

ANTITHESIS & ANTIPODAL

An original model

PROTOTYPE

Detached; reserved

ALOOF

It is a commonplace.

TRITE, HACKNEYED, PEDESTRIAN, PLATITUDINOUS, BANAL

A preceding event

ANTECEDENT & FORERUNNER

Believable

PLAUSIBLE

Not believeble

IMPLAUSIBLE

Careful; cautious

PRUDENT

It is an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive.

AESTHETIC

A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth.

PARADOX

A mysterious; baffling

ENIGMATIC & INSCRUTABLE

To comply

ACQUIESCE

Unsophisticated

NAIVE & CREDULOUS

Native to an area

INDIGENOUS & ENDEMIC

Everywhere; widespread; prevalent

UBIQUITOUS & PREVALENT

It is a widespread epidemic.

PANDEMIC

It is a strength of mind.

FORTITUDE