Day 4 Flashcards by Al Jazeera | Brainscape

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Feat

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An act or accomplishment showing skill

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Myriad

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Indefinitely large number

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Bizarre

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Very odd in manner

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Emancipated

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Made thin unnaturally

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Feign

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To pretend

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Extraneous

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Not an essential part; unimportant

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Genesis

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Birth

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Harass

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To bother

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Parochial

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Restricted; limited

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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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Conception

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Formation of an idea in mind; or START OF PREGNANCY

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Sloth

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Laziness

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Martinet

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One who’s strict in discipline and enjoys authority too much

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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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Able to be pounded

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Obstreperous

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Noisily and stubbornly defiant

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Deflect

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To bend or turn away

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Apt

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Appropriate

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Exacerbate

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To make more violent or bitter

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Venerable

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Worthy of honor and respect by reason on age/dignity

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Breach

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Some sort of violation; a gap

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Petulant

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Impatient or irritable especially over minor annoyance

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Pedantic

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Putting unnecessary stress on minor knowledge

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Ritual

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Ceremonial act

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Anectdote

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Brief story

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Fauna

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Animals as a group

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Solemn

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Serious

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Undermine

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To weaken

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Nebulous

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Unclear

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Concur

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To agree

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Maxim

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A short saying expressing a general principle

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Legible

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Capable of being read

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Mammoth

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Very large

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Baroque

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Fantastically over decorated

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

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Degenerate

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To decline to inferior state

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Imperative

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Impossible to deter or evade; urgent

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Intrepid

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Bold fearless

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Pious

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Exhibiting reverence and relig observetion

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Metamorphosis

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Transformation in appearance

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Melancholy

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Sad

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Pedestrian

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Done on foot; ordinary

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Decree

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To order with force of law

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Specious

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Seeming to be truthful on surface, but false

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Apex

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Highest point