Flocab #7 Flashcards

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Uncanny

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Of supernatural character or origin

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Espy

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To catch sight of, glimpse

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Hail

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To come from

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Terrestrial

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Relating to the land

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Celestial

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Relating to the sky or heavens

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Winsome

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Charming, atteactjve

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Presumptuous

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Disrespectfully blld

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Brash

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Hasty or lacking in sensitivity

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Brazen

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Excessively bold, brash

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Audacious

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Excessively bold

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Brusque

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Incisive

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Clear,sharp,direct

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Succinct

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Marked by compact lrecision

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Cursory

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Brief to the point of being superfjcial

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Contusion

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Bruise, injury

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Laceration

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A cut, tear

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Acute

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Sharp, severe

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Callous

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Harsh, cold, unfeeling

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Credulity

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Readiness to believe

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Myriad

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Consisting of a very great number

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Pertinacious

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Stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

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Metamorphosis

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A change of form, shape, substance

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Refrain

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To hold oneself back, forbear

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Foster

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To stimulate, promote, encourage

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Supplant

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To displace and substitute for another

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Whet

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To make more keen, stimulate

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Akimbo

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With hands on hips and elbows extending outward

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Swarthy

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Of dark color or complexion

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Ruddy

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Having a healthy, reddish color

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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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Veneer

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A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade.

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Complicit

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Being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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Obdurate

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Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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Cajole

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To urge, coax

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Aggrandize

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To increase or make greater

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauyu

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Torrid

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Giving of intense heat, passionate

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Sate

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To satisfy fully

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Satiate

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To satisfy excessively

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Abort

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To give up on a half-finished project or effort

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Battery

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An assault or array of similar things intended for use togethet

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Compliment

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An expression of esteem or qpproval

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Ethereal

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Heavenly, exceptionally delicate or tefond

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Sagacious

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Shrewd, showing sound jusgement

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Aloof

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Reserved, distant

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Bad

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A poet, often a singer as well

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Travesty

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A grossly inferior imitatjon

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Tragedy

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A disastrous event, or a work of art in which the hero meets a terrible fate.

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Parody

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A satirical imitation

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Anomaly

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Something that does not fit into the normal order

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere, widespread

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Submissive

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Easily yielding to authority