Exquisite Adjectives Flashcards
(37 cards)
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Adroit
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Clever and resourceful
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Adamant
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A very hard substance: unyielding
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Amatory
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Sexual
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Animistic
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Quality of recurrence
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Antic
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Clownish
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Arcadian
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Serene
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Baleful
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Deadly, foreboding
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Bellicose
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Quarrelsome (it’s synonym belligerent can also be a noun)
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Bilious
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Unpleasant, peevish
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Boorish
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Crude and insensitive
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Calamitous
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Disastrous
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Caustic
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Corrosive or sarcastic: a corrosive substance
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Cerulean
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Sky blue
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Comely
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Attractive
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Concomitant
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Accompanying
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Contumacious
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Rebellious
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Corpulent
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Obese or excessively fat
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Crapulous
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Immoderate in appetite
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Defamatory
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Maliciously misrepresenting
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Didactic
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Conveying information or moral instruction
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Dilatory
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Causing delay or tardy
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Dowdy
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Shabby, old-fashioned: an unkempt woman
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Efficacious
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Producing a desired effect
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Effulgent
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Brilliantly radiant
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Egregious
Conspicuous or incredibly/morally wrong
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Endemic
Peculiar to an area
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Equanimous
Even or balanced: equal
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Execrable
Wretched, detestable
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Fastidious
Overly delicate, showing great attention to detail
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Feckless
Weak, irresponsible
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Fecund
Prolific or inventive
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Friable
Brittle
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Fulsome
Abundant or overdone
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Garrulous
Wordy and talkative
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Guileless
Naive
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Gustatory
Concerned with the tasting or the sense of taste.
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Heuristic
Learning through trial-and-error or problem solving
