Day 6 Flashcards

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querulous

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inclined to find fault; complaining; full of complaint

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2
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flower

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to reach the best or most vigorous stage

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3
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marshal

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to arrange in order

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4
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elaborate

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detailed; carefully thorough; to develop with care or at greater length

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5
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lewd

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preoccupied with sex and sexual desire

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6
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hallowed

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made or set apart as holy

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7
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hefty

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heavy

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8
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milestone

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an important event

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9
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mortal

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subject to death; causing death

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10
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ascertain

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to discover with certainty, as through examination

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11
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quixotic

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foolishly idealistic; extravagantly chivalrous

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12
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indelible

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incapable of being removed or erased

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13
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discern

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to perceive and understand so as to make distinctions

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14
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garner

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to get or earn; collect or gather

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15
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insight

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the power to sense or understand something

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16
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slovenly

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careless about one’s own appearance

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17
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banal

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dull or stale; commonplace

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18
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robust

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strong and full of health

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19
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indignation

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anger aroused by something unjust or evil

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20
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contagious

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transmissible by direct or indirect contact; likely to affect others

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21
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plausible

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appearing worthy of belief or trust

22
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hypothesis

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a tentative explanation; something assumed true for the sake of argument or investigation

23
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exude

A

to give off; to emit; to radiate

24
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novel

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strikingly new

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auspicious
marked by favorable circumstances
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luminous
emitting light, esp. self-generated; intellectually brilliant
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indiscriminate
unselective; random; unrestrained
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memento
a reminder or a souvenir
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transient
passing with time; remaining only briefly
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integrity
moral or artistic honesty; strength of character
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stifle
to suffocate or smother
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empirical
based on experience rather than a theory
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best
to defeat
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dismay
to destroy courage or resolution; to cause to lose enthusiasm, to disillusion
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laconic
brief in speech; using few words
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discreet
careful about what one says or does; prudent
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catastrophe
disaster; sudden misfortune
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reverberate
to reecho
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excrete
to separate (waste matter) and eliminate form the body
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matrix
a surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contained
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scorn
a feeling of contempt or disdain
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obsequious
showing too great a willingness to serve or obey
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amicable
showing friendliness or good will
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narcissistic
excessively interested in one's own appearance, comfort, importance, etc.
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contiguous
sharing a common boundary; adjoining
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desolate
left alone; lonely; deserted
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own
to admit, esp. taking personal responsibility for one's own actions or thoughts
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giddy
dizzy; lightheaded
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malfeasance
wrongdoing, esp. by a public official
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equanimity
evenness of temper, esp. as a characteristic state