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Day 4 Flashcards

1
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feat

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an act or accomplishment showing skill

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myriad

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an indefinitely large number

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amiable

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friendly and agreeable, sociable

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bizarre

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very odd in manner, strange

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5
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emaciated

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made thin unnaturally

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6
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feign

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to pretend, to fake

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extraneous

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not an essential part of, unimportant

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8
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genesis

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birth, beginning

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harass

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to bother, torment

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voluble

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talkative

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parachial

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restricted, limited, narrow

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culminate

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to reach the highest point

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determinate

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having exact limits, final

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lugubrious

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sad or mournful in a way that seems exaggerated

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15
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conception

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formation of an idea in the mind,

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sloth

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laziness

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martinet

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one who is strict in discipline

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fallible

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capable of error

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blunder

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to move carelessly

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malleable

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capable of being molded, adaptable

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obstreperous

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noisily and stubbornly defiant

22
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deflect

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to bend or turn away

23
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apt

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having a natural tendency

24
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exascerbate

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to make more violent

25
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venerable

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worthy of honor and respect by reason of dignity

26
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breach

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some sort of violation, a gap

27
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petulant

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impatient or irritable

28
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pedantic

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putting unnecessary stress on minor or purely academic knowledge

29
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ritual

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a ceremonial act

30
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anecdote

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a brief story

31
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fauna

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animals as a group

32
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solemn

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serious, grave

33
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undermine

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to weaken

34
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nebulous

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unclear, vague

35
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concur

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to agree

36
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maxim

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a short saying expressing a general principle

37
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legible

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capable of being read

38
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mammoth

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very large

39
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baroque

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fantastically over-decorated

40
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sanguine

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optimistic, cheerful

41
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degenerate

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to decline to an inferior state

42
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imperative

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impossible to evade, urgently necessary

43
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intrepid

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bold, fearless

44
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pious

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religious devotion

45
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metamorphosis

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a transformation

46
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melancholy

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sad

47
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pedestrian

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ordinary, commonplace

48
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decree

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to order by the force of law, n. an official order

49
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specious

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seeming to be truthful on the surface, but actually false

50
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apex

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highest point

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