English Vocab Flashcards by Hannah Dittmer

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Vilify

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(Verb) to attack someone’s reputation

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Viscous

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(Adj) like a thick liquid

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Wane

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(Adj) to gradually grow smaller

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Wanton

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(Adj) excessive or uncontrolled

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Wizened

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(Adj) old and wrinkled

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Xenophobia

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(Noun) the fear of anything foreign

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Animosity

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(Noun) feeling of resentment

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Blithe

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(Adj) carefree

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Didactic

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(Adj) intending to teach

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Disputatious

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(Adj) tending to argue

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Duplicity

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(Noun) sneakiness

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Engender

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(Verb) to produce

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Equivocal

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(Adj) misleading

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Exonerate

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(Verb) to free from blame

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Grandiose

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(Adj) large or grand

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Gratuitous

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(Adj) free of charge

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Impugn

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(Verb) to attack with words

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Indiscriminate

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(Adj) without careful consideration

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Insidious

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(Adj) gradually harmful

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Interlocutor

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(Noun) someone who participates in conversation

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Nebulous

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(Adj) unclear or vague

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Oblivious

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(Adj) unaware

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Ostentatious

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(Adj) overdone to the point of showing off

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Perturbation

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(Noun) disturbance

Provincial

(Adj) limited or restrictive

Quixotic

(Adj) exceeding idealistic

Sagacity

(Noun) wisdom

Vacillate

(Verb) move back and forth between choices