Greghj Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Gainsay

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Declare to be false or invalid

Contradict; dispute deny oppose

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Garner

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Earn by one’s efforts

Garner an oscar

Acquire; gather

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Germane

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Relevant to the current situation or case in hand: pertinent

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Grandiloquent

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Using loft, inflated language

Pompous

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Garrulous

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Excessively conversational in a rambling, roundabout eay

Loquacious - gabby

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; uncalled for

Unwarrantd unjustufued.

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Gre garious

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Seeking the company of others

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Guile

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A crafty cuning deception to achieve a goal

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Hackneyed

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Lacking in originality

Trite; tired; unoriginal

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Harangue

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Intense verbalattack; passinate vehement speech

Tirade rant s diatribe

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Harbinger

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Precursor, forerunner

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Hermetic

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Sealed by fusion so as to be airtight

Impermeable airtight

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Hermetic

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Mysterious, obscure

Abstruse; occult; recondite

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Heteredox

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Unorthodox;unconventional;dissident

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Pecking order

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Hierarchy

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HUBRIS

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Arrogance; presumpyion ( excessive self conceit)

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Hyperbolic

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Excessively exaggerated

Overstated; inflated

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Facetious

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Joking ( oft.inappropriate)or not seriously intended

Humorous; flippant

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And fatuous

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Smugly foolish ( brainless inane asinine)

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Fawn ing

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Seekinv favor from superiors bu behaving abjectly

Servile; bootlicking;sycophantic; obsequious

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Felicitous

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Well suitedor nicely expres.

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Flag

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Become feeble lose vigor

Wane drop fade

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Fledging

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Lacking experience

Untried- novice

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Florid

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Foowery in style, reddish in color

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Flout
Reject mockingly; show contempt for Sorn; scoff disreg.
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Foment
Incite instigateprovokr Stir up
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Forebearnce
Patient endurance; restraint
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Forestall
Preclude avert hinder . Prevent by taking action in advance
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Fortuitous
Vy chance. Serentipitous
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Founder
Snk collapse give way. Fail wt complete.
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Fractious
Tnding to cause trouble
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Frenetic
Agitatedin wild manner Uncontrolled, hectic.frantic.frenzied.
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Furtive
Secret. Surreptitious. Done in a secretive manner shifty manner or else.