Engl. 2 VOCABULARY LIST #2 (51-100)

Question 0

Emigrant

Answer 0

To leave ones country to live else where

Question 1

Confabulation

Answer 1

Talk

Question 2

Penitent

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Sorrow for sins

Question 3

Circumlocution

Answer 3

Use of many words.

Question 4

Diminution

Answer 4

the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.

Question 5

Discreet

Answer 5

judicious in one’s conduct or speech

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Irretrievable

Answer 6

Impossible to regain

Question 7

Insipid

Answer 7

Lacking taste or savor; tasteless

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Discretion

Answer 8

Speaking in a way to avoid offense

Question 9

Filial

Answer 9

Due from. Son or daughter

Question 10

Fortnight

Answer 10

Two weeks

Question 11

Wistful

Answer 11

characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning.

Question 12

Diatribe

Answer 12

Verbal attack

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Whimsical

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Playful quaint

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Proclivity

Answer 14

Do something regularly

Question 15

Efflorescent

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efflorescing; blossoming.

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Fetish

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Object worshiped for have magical powers

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Equivocal

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Subject to two or more interpretations

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Trenchant

Answer 18

Invasive in expression or style.

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Feasible

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Able to be done

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Diffidence

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Shyness

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Geniality

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Cheerfulness

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Automaton

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A robot

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Augur

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To foretell from omens

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Staid

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Sober grave

Question 25

Piquancy

Answer 25

Engaging provocations

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Stipend

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A fixed sum of money paid periodically for services

Question 27

Quizzical

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Showing mock

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Premonitory

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Giving previous warnings

Question 29

Tacitum

Answer 29

Silent

Question 30

Canvass

Answer 30

to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.

Question 31

Badinage

Answer 31

Playful banter

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Gainsay

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Contradict

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Coquetry

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the behavior or arts of a coquette; flirtation.

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Fastidious

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Difficult to please

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Voluble

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Talkative; smooth or fluent in conversations; glib

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Sequester

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To set apart

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Jocose

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Pertaining to jokes or humor

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Unremunerative

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Not paying much

Question 39

Auspicious

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Signifying that good things are going to happen

Question 40

Emulate

Answer 40

Imitate

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Sordid

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Vile, mean, gross

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Cerebration

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Thinking

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Sumptuous

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Lavish

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Euphonious

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Sounding good or pleasant

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Deferential

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Showing respect

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Deft

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dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever

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Palaver

Answer 47

Conversation

Question 48

Curt

Answer 48

Rude