Missed Flashcards

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Regressive

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Movement backward

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Idiosyncratic

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Peculiarity; individualizing characteristic

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Disparaging

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Lowering in rank or reputation

Depreciate

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Dalliance

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Act of dallying, play

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Infelicity

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Awkward, unfortunate, not appropriate

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Temporize

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To act to suit the time/ occasion; draw out discussions to gain time

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Vindictive

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Seeking revenge

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Petulant

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Rude

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Fastidious

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Having high and capricious standards

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Sedulous

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Diligent; perserverance

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Treacly

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Sentimental

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Cursory

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Rapidly and superficially performed and produced

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Prosaic

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Dull, unimaginative

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Consecrated

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Dedicated to a sacred purpose

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Anthropology

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Study of human beings

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Pernicious

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Highly injurious or destructive; wicked

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Nominal

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Insignificant

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Salutary

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Beneficial effect

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Tractable

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Easily handled, easily capable of being led

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Intransigent

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Characterized by refusal to compromise

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Volatile

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Fickle; eruptable

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Umbrage

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Suspicion

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Acerbic

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Biting; sarcastic

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Affront

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Offend

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Barbed
Biting criticism
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Discreet
Modest
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Churlish
Vulgar
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Incur
To become subject to
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Enervated
Lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor
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Precarious
Depending on will or pleasure of another; depending on chance circumstances
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Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
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Labyrinthine
Intricate
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Execrable
Very bad
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Metaphysical
2 a : of or relating to the transcendent or to a reality beyond what is perceptible to the senses b : supernatural
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Dogmatic
characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
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Straitlaced
Excessively strict in manners opinions
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Pedantic
Unimaginative
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Laud
Praise
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Deprecating
Make little of
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Interspersed
To place something @ intervals
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Retrograde
Moving in a backwards direction
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Dilatory
Procrastination; delay
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Munificent
Liberal
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Indefatigable
Incapable of being fatigued
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Unwieldy
Not easily managed
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Obsequious
Subservient
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Egregious
Conspicuously bad
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Perfunctory
Characterized by routine
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Ineluctable
Inevitable
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Scintillating
Exciting senses
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Pestilence a
A contagious disease
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Cantankerous
Grouchy old
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Exorbitance
Excessive
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Laconic
Few words
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Acerbic
Sarcastic
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Garrulous
Talkative
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Brusque
Someone with bad manners
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Emphatic
Emphasizing
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Benevolent
Marked by or disposed to doing good
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Raiment
Clothing
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Esoteric
Limited to a small circle
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Tenable
Capable of being held, maintained, or defended
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Erroneous
Characterized by error
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Impugned
Attack as false or lacking integrity
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Flotsam
Floating wreckage of a ship or it's cargo
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Implacable
Incapable of being changed
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Irascible
Marked by hot temper
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languid
Weak, slow
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Didactic
Designed or intention to teach
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Impetuous
Marked by an impulsive vehemence or passion
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Vehement
Impassioned
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Remiss
Negligent
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Amass
To collect for oneself
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Preclude
To make impossible by necessary consequence
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Ascertain
To find out or learn with certainty
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Motley
Composed of different elements
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Languid
Weak, slow, listless
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Copious
Plentiful in number
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Excise
To remove
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Derision
Use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
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Ameliorate
To make better
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Augment
To add strength
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Equanimity
Evenness of mind ESP in stressful times
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Truculence
Cruel, savage
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Abstruse
Difficult to comprehend
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Arcane
Mysterious
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Esoteric
Private, confidential, limited to a small circle