List 7 Flashcards by Hannah Panda

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Mendacious

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Given to lying

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Ingénue

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Naive, unsophisticated young woman

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Protean

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Changeable

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Sophomoric

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Juvenile; immature

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Venal

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Corrupt; can be bribed

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Peccadillo

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Minor weakness; trivial offense

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Soporific

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Inducing sleep

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Veneer

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Surface coating

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Clientele

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Customers

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Fly-by-night

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Unreliable; disreputable

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Inimical

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Hostile

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Pedant

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Person who insists on strict adherence to rules or narrow learning

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Artifice

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Deception; trickery

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Forensic

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Concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)

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Provincial

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Unsophisticated; narrow-minded

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Venial

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Minor; unimportant

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Disseminating

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Circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)

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Peerless

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Unequaled; unrivaled

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Ascetic

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Without luxuries; severely simple

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Diurnal

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Active in daytime

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Fortuitous

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Happening by hance

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Pejorative

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Derogatory

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Assiduous

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Thorough; diligent

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Cogent

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Lucid; well-argued

Fractious

Irritable; difficult to control

Inscrutable

Mysterious; impenetrable

Mettle

Courage; bravery; valor

Pellucid

Transparently clear

Spurious

False

Milieu

Environment

Purloin

Steal

Vertigo

Dizziness

Dogmatic

Having stubbornly held opinions

Insipid

Dull; boring; bland

Mire

Swamp; muddy ground

Penury

Poverty

Pusillanimous

Cowardly

Staid

Dull; sober; serious

Vestigial

Not developed

Collate

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