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SAT Summer Intensive > Class 1 Vocab > Flashcards

Class 1 Vocab Flashcards

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Lackluster

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Lacking in vitality, uninspired dull

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Apathy

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Lack of interest, indifferent

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Imbecile

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A stupid person

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Interloper

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A person who becomes involved in a situation where they are not wanted.

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Renowned

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Known/talked about by many people

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Skepticism

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Doubt the truth

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Tenuously

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Very weak

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Staunchly

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Loyal and committed

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Clandestine

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Kept secret/done secretly

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident

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Obfuscation

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Unclear

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Certitude

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Absolute certainty

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Capitulated

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Resist an opponent

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14
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Interceded

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Intervene on the behalf of another

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Equivocated

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Use ambiguous language to conceal the truth. Undecided

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Robust

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Strong and healthy

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Capricious

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Sudden change of mood or behavior

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Esoteric

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Intended for only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.

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Flotsam

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The wreckage of a ship found floating on the sea.

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Laconic

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Using very few words.

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21
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Subterfuge

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Trickery to achieve a goal

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Innuendo

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Hint

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Chicanery

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Trickery

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Placatory

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Make someone less angry

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Punctilious

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Attentive

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Jettison

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Throw

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Chronicler

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Person who writes historical events

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Progenitor

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Ancestor

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29
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Romanticized

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Idealized

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Fraudulent

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Dishonest

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31
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Tacit

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Implied

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32
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Sonorous

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Impressive voice

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33
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Ubiquitous

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Everywhere

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Latent

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Existing but not yet manifested

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35
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Mitigate

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Alleviate

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36
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Deprecate

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Disapprove of

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37
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Inhospitable

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Environment

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38
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Insolent

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Rude

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Lackadaisical

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Careless

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40
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Aspersions

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Attach to reputation

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Obsequious

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Follow orders, suck up

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Sequence

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Anything that follows

43
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Punctilious

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Someone who is anal

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Assiduous

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Overly concerned with details. Anal

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Paragon

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A person or thing that is perfect or has a large amount of good characteristics. Model of excellence

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Opulence

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Rich in appearance, show great wealth

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Lethargy

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Lacking in energy, lazy

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Unflappable

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Having or showing calmness in crisis

49
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Debilitate

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Make someone weak

50
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Modicum

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A small quantity of a thing that is usually highly desirable or valuable

51
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Succinct

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Short and to point

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Pugnacious

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Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight

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Capitulate

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Surrender

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively, and enjoyable

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Ornate

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Made in intricate shape, to decorate

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Complacement

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A feeling of calm satisfaction with your own abilities or situation that prevents you from trying harder

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Abstemious

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Not self-indulgent, esp. Eating and drinking

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Platitude

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Statement that repeated often that it has no meaning. Trite

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Venerable

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Get respect because of age, wisdom, or character

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Capricious

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Fickle, inconstant

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Panache

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Lots of energy and style

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Redolent

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Having strong smell. Fragrance or odor that causes thoughts or memories of something.

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Nihilistic (Nihilism)

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The belief that traditional morals, ideas, believes have not worth or value/should be destroyed

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Electic

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Weird because it has things taken from many different sources.

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Eccentric

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Weird

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Progenitor

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  1. Someone who first thinks of or does something first
  2. Something that is a model of something else
  3. Biology: a person or animal in the past that is related to a person or animal living now.
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Nebulous

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Unclear. Difficult to see.

68
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Prosaic

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Dull or ordinary

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Retentive

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Having the ability to remember things easily for a long time

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Egregious

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Very bad and easily noticed

71
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Ploy

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A clever trick or plan that is used to get someone to do something or to gain an advantage over someone.

72
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Aesthete

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A person eh recognizes and values beauty in art, music, etc.

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Exculpate

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To prove that someone is not guilty of doing something wrong.

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Expedite

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To cause something to happen faster.

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Extemporaneous

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Made up or done without special preparations

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Anachronistic (anachronism)

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Something that is placed in a time period where is doesn’t belong.

77
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Slapstick

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Comedy that involved physical action.

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Amalgated

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To combine, merge, unite to form one organization or structure

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Syllogism

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Deductive reasoning to form a conclusion. (From two proposition/hypothesis/thesis)

80
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Commandeered

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To officially take possession or control

81
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Axiom

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Accepted truth, principle

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Portentous

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Warning, threatening, ill-omen

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Aplomb

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Self confidence, self assurance during demanding sit.

84
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Inducement

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A thing that persuades or influences someone.

85
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Spate

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A larger number of similar things/events that occur in a quick succession, series, cluster, outbreak.

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Panoply

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Complete/expressive collection of things

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Pejorative

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Expressing contempt

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Trenchant

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Vigorous or incisive in expression or style

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Stymied

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Prevent or hinder the progress of

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Sierra

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Long jagged mountain chain

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Flotilla

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Fleet or ships of boats

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Travesty

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False or distorted representative of something

93
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Galled

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Make someone feel annoyed

94
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Impugn

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Dispute the truth, validity or honesty of a statement or motive

95
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Tawdry

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Showy but cheap+poor in quality, gaudy! flashy

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Innocuous

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Harmless, safe, innocent

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Encumbrance

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A burden or impediment, obstruction, obstacle

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Felicitous

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We’ll chosen or suited for the circumstance

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Prosaic

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Having the style or diction of a prose, ordinary, conventional, everyday

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Imperturbable

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Unable to be upset or excited. Calm

102
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Benign

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Gentle, kind

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Cajole

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To persuade someone to do something by coaxing or flattery

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Bombastic

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High sounding with little meaning

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