Flocab #7 Flashcards by Reygan Kiewiet

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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

Supplant

To displace and substitute for another

Whet

To make more keen, stimulate

Akimbo

With hands on hips and elbows extending outward

Swarthy

Of dark color or complexion

Ruddy

Having a healthy, reddish color

Exorbitant

Excessive

Veneer

A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade.

Complicit

Being an accomplice in a wrongful act

Obdurate

Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

Cajole

To urge, coax

Aggrandize

To increase or make greater

Pulchritude

Physical beauyu

Torrid

Giving of intense heat, passionate

Sate

To satisfy fully

Satiate

To satisfy excessively

Abort

To give up on a half-finished project or effort

Battery

An assault or array of similar things intended for use togethet

Compliment

An expression of esteem or qpproval

Ethereal

Heavenly, exceptionally delicate or tefond

Sagacious

Shrewd, showing sound jusgement

Aloof

Reserved, distant

Bad

A poet, often a singer as well

Travesty

A grossly inferior imitatjon

Tragedy

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

Parody

A satirical imitation

Anomaly

Something that does not fit into the normal order

Ubiquitous

Existing everywhere, widespread

Obsequious

Excessively compliant or submissive

Submissive

Easily yielding to authority