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mangoosh Flashcards

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fractious

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tending to be troublesome

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chastise

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to criticize somebody severly, syn-chastise

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alacrity

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eagerness, willingness to do something

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contrite

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remorse

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egregeious

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extremely bad

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bleak

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hopeless

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contentious

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argue

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sedulous

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diligent; hardworking

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stem

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to hold back or limit the flow

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blinkered

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narrow-minded

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checkered

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past history/career of a person

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retiring

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shy

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expansive

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  1. friendly and willing to talk; 2.covering large area/space
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benighted

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1.ignorant people; 2.place without benefit of modern life

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hedge

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  1. way of protecting yourselg against loss of sth
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hedge(v.)

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to surround or limit sb/sth

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fell

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evil; to cut down trees

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intimate

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close; very detailed; to let smbd know wat u think indirectly

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fleece

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ti deceive; swindle; dupe

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demur

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relectuant or unagreeable

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demure

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modest

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beatific

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showing great joy and peace

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preemptive

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done to stop sb/sth taking action

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indigent

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poor

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indignant

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showing anger or surprise on injustice

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errant

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travelling; behaving wrongly

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arrant

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complete and utter; wihtout moderation

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errand

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short trip for function

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artifice

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clever and artful skill

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expurgate

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censor

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expunge

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destroy completely; eliminate

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censure

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act of blaming or condemning

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ponderous

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heavy; lifeless,dull

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imponderable

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incapable of getting exactness

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arriviste

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one that is new and uncertain arrival

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picayune

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smth trivial

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hector

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bully or intimidate

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quixotic

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idealistic; unpredictable

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mauldin

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effusively senti; drunk enoung to be emotionally silly

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malapropism

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unintentionally humorous misuse or distorting of a word

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quisling

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traitor

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galvanize

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shock, terrified smbd into action

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supercilious

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proud

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protean

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versatile

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jejune

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devoid of interest; insipid

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bilious

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sickengily unpleasant

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curmudgeon

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ill tempered

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reprobate

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criticize; reject

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virago

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a woman of great stature. Strength and courage

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syncretic

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combination of different forms of belief or practise

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parochial

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narrow-minded

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anathema

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someone intensely dislikes

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desecrate

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to violate or treat with contempt; profane

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apostasy

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betray religion. Party

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embroiled

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  1. involve in conflict 2.confusing situation
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turpitude

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immoral behavior

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impecunious

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having little or no money

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profligate

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prodigal

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avarice

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greed; cupidity

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DEFRAY

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pay

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mulct

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fine, penalty

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untoward

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  1. intractable 2.unlucky 3.adverse
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upbraid

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to criticize harshly

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underwrite

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  1. agree to; 2. financial suport
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overweening

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arrogant; ideas that are excessive/immoderate

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jingoist

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person who thinks country should always be at war

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badger

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to annoy persistently

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hound

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dog; to pursue relentlessly

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ferret

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to search for smth persistently

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serendipity

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finding smth pleasant that u weren;t even looking for

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defenestrate

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to throw out of window; swift dismissal

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invective

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characterized by insult or abuse

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diatribe;tirade;harangue

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angry speech

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vituperation

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abuse

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screed

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informal writing; noisy. Excited piece of writing and speech

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slapdash

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haphazard, slipshod

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hodgepodge

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heterogenous mixture

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aboveboard

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(adv)in straightforward manner (adj)free from deceit or duplicity

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telltale

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revealing

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macabre

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detail about death and horror

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diabolical

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related to devil

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peruse

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study carefully

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disabuse

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free from error

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mettlesome

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full of vigor, energized

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animosity

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enmity

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calumny

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false statement to injure a person’s reputation

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commensurate

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equal in measure or extent

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churlish

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rude and unpleaseant; difficult to dealt with

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castigate

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chastise; to criticize sb/sth severely

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factious

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faction

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factitious

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artificial

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vindictive

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seek revenge

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vindicate

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justify; free from guilty

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vicarious

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1.experencing by reading or watching; 2. suffered/performed instead for other

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vicissitude

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fluctuation

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venal

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bribe

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venial

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forgivable; pardonable

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excoriate

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to criticize sb/sth severely

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extenuating

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showing reasons why a worng act shld be judged seriously

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execrate

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to deteset utterly; to declare to be evil. Denounce

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exegesis

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explanation

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exhort

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urge

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insufferable

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intolerable

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unconscionable

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1.shockingly unfair 2.not guided by conscious

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unnerve

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  1. deprive of courage; 2.upset
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belie

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  1. contradict 2.lie
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disinterested

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unbiased

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euivocal

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unclear

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sententious

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trying to sound important

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propitiate

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pacify

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feckless

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weak character, not responsible

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betray

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to reveal smth

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remiss

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negligence

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restive

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restless

Mentally unsettled

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repine

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complain

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remonstrate

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to say in protest; expostulate

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