Eighth 50 Flashcards

(49 cards)

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Avarice

A

greedy af

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Doctrine

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set of beliefs taught by a church or political party

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Judicious

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good judgment

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Cynical

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motivated by self-interest

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5
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Indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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6
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Jettison

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drop from a plane or ship

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Propagate

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spread and promote

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Blight

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to wreck or ruin

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Apposite

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appropriate for the circumstances

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Germane

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relevant to a subject or applicable

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Irascible

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irritable

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12
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Pugnacious

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ready to fight like a PUG

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Fitfully

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intermittently

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Feckless

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lacking strength in character like a mama’s boy

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Punctiliousness

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showing attention to detail i.e. meticulous

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Scintillating

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sparkling or shining brightly

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Veracious

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speaking the truth!

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18
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Clangorous

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loud banging or ringing noises

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Tepid

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lukewarm or unenthusiastic

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Dubious

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doubtful or hesitant

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Precocious

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when a child develops traits early

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Impecunious

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Abstruse

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hard to understand ???

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Hortatory

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to inspire or try to persuade

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Extant
still in existence
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Precarious
not securely held in position
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Boon
something helpful or beneficial
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Beholden
indebted to someone
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Erroneous
wrong
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Preeminence
superiority or supremacy
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Beguile
to trick someone
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Prescient
showing knowledge of events before they happen
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Shirk
to ignore
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Tactless
insensitive asshole
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Fortuitous
happening on accident
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Serendipity
events happening in a fortunate way
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Pretension
claim or assertions
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Coalescing
to unite or merge
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Heterodox
unorthodox or not normal
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Scanty
insufficient in quantity
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Outmoded
old fashioned
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Disparate
different
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Quotidian
occurring every day
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Panacea
solution or remedy think PENICILLIN
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Herald
a sign that something is about to happen i.e harbinger
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Kindred
family or related
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Prolix
too wordy bruh
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Ideologues
not compromising in their ideology
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Prodigious
huge in size or amount