FifthChild Flashcards

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Fastidiousness

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The trait of becoming meticulous(great attention to detail) about matters of taste or style

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Obsolescent

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Becoming obsolete

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Abstemiousness

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Moderation in eating and drinking

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Hectic

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Marked by intense agitation or emotion

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Judiciously

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In a judicious manner

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Adventitious

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Associated by chance and not an integral part

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Haphazard

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Dependent upon or characterized by chance

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Exuberant

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Joyously unrestrained

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Enticing

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Highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

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Vigorous

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Characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity

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Meagre

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Deficient in amount or quality or extent

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Complacently

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In a self satisfied manner

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Benevolent

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Showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and generosity

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Parsimony

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Extreme stinginess

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Plenitude

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A full supply

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Perturbed

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Thrown into a state of agitated confusion (rattled)

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Adamant

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Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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Sketchily

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In a sketchy incomplete manner

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Yardstick

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A ruler or tape that is three feet long

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Exult

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Feel extreme happiness or elation

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Pram

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A baby stroller

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Alight

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To come to rest, settle

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Facetious

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Cleverly amusing in tone

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Histrionic

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Characteristic of acting or a stage performance

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Belligerently
With hostility
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Concession
The act of conceding or yielding
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Lozenge
A small aromatic or medicated candy
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Incorrigible
Impervious to correction by punishment
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Peevish
Easily irritated or annoyed
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Skivvy
A female domestic servant who does all kinds of menial work
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Reticent
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself
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Querulous was
The quality of being given to complaining
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Peremptory
Putting an end to all debate or action
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Botched
Spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness
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Ladle
A spoon shaped vessel with a long handle; used for moving liquids
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Peregrination
Traveling or wandering around
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Plod
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary of through mud
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Sallow
Unhealthy looking
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Connubial
Of or relations to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband
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Repugnance
Intense aversion
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Wean
Gradually deprive(infants) of mother's milk
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Intransigence
Stubbornly refusing to compromise
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Croon
Sing softly
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Changeling
A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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Thrush
Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
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Stolid
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
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Curt
Brief and to the point
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Impetus
A force that moves something along
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Flurry
A rapid active commotion
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Deputize
Appoint as substitute
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Mimeograph
A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed
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Acquitted
Declared bit guilt of a specific offense or crime
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Flump
Fall heavily
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Vestige
An indication that something has been present
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Throwback
A reappearance or an earlier characteristic
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Vindictively
In a revengeful manner
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Permissible
That may be permitted especially as according to rule
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Candour
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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Snakes and ladders
A board game for children who use rice to move counter up ladders and down snakes
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Ludo
A simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
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Truant
One who is absent from school without permission
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Insolent
Marked by casual disrespect
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Hidebound
Stubbornly conservative and narrow minded
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Weal
A raised mark on the skin(wealt) as produced by the blow of a whip