Deck 7 Flashcards
(43 cards)
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Ingénue
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Naïve, unsophisticated person
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Flout
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Defy; reject
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Mendacious
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Given to lying
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Paucity
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Shortage
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Sophomoric
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Immature
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Venal
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Corrupt; can be bribed
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Mercenary
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Concerned only with money $$$$
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Protégé
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Someone under the protection or guided by another
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Veneer
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Surface coating
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Disparity
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An inequality or difference
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Fly–by-night
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unreliable; disreputable
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Mercurial
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Volatile; changeable
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Pedant
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Person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning
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Artifice
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Deception; trickery
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Forensic
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Concerned with argument or debate
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Banal
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Common; mundane; pedestrian
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Specious
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False
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Venial
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Minor; unimportant
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Fortitude
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Bravery
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Innocuous
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Harmless; inoffensive
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Peerless
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Without equal
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Ascetic
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Simple; self denying; severely simple. Like monks
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Coercion
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Force
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Diurnal
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Active in daytime
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Pejorative
Derogatory
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Puerile
Childish
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Sporadic
Not continuous; intermittent
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Fractious
Irritable; difficult to control
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Inscrutable
Mysterious or impenetrable
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Mettle
Courage; bravery; valor
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Pellucid
Transparently clear
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Assuage
To calm or make better
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Cogitate
To ponder
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Insentient
Unfeeling
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Pensive
In thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
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Mire
Swamp
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Penury
Poverty
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Staid
Dull; sober; serious
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Vestigial
Not developed
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Collage
Arrange in order
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Dolt
Stupid person
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Vignette
Small sketch
