Day 12 Flashcards by Jac D

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Vitiate

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impair

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Verisimilitude

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believability

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Urbane

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sophisticated

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Tenable

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justifiable & rational

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Tempestuous

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emotions unrestrained & turbulent

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Peripheral

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minor

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Parsimonious

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extremely frugal or stingy

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Opprobrium

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public shame

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Onerous

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involving a heavy burden

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Magisterical

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possessing great authority

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Laconic

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simple with words ; quiet & reserved

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Incongruous

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out of place

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Hackneyed

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lacking creativity

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Fungible

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interchangeable; equivalent

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Exasperated

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severely irritated

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Encyclopedic

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thorough

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Cavalier

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overly casual; unconcerned

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Canny

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shrewd & cautious

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Acrimonious

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bitter & sharp tone

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Rapacious

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greedy

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Predilection

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preference or bias

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Preclude

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prevent something from occurring

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Pervasive

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spread quicky

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Perilous

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risky

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Perfunctory

lack of effort

Truculent

aggressive

Panacea

perfect cure for something

Ostentatious

pretentious / flamboyant

Obeisance

reverence

mawkish

overly sentimental / insincere

Limpid

clear and easy to understand

Fractious

unruly

Droll

quirky

Clandestine

secretive

Churlish

rude or lacking good manners

Abhor

detest

Tout

praise

stoic

showing no emeotion

Provincial

narrow in perspective

Portend

foreshadow, predict

Furtive

sneaky

Feign

pretend

Exculpate

clear from blame

Esoteric

understood by few

Acumen

good judgment

Trifling

lacking importance

Irascible

easily angered

Impetuous

rash

Haphazard

lack order

Felicitous

well suited / apt

Perfidy

betrayal

Indiscriminate

lacking judgment

Conjectural

guess with limited data

Tendentious

biased provocative views

Sedulous

attention to detail

Intransigent

stubborn

Dearth

lack

Specious

reasonable but wrong

probity

strong ethical standards

Pertinacious

stubbornly holding onto a belief

Empirical

based on observation

Irresolute

uncertain

Inimical

damaging