other words Flashcards by water lily

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denizen

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inhabitant

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felicitous

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well chosen / suited

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ostensibly

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apparently

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ostentatious

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haughty

to impress or attract noise

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veracity

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truth

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Renaissance

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revival

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soporific

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inducing sleep

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surly

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irritable

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stoic

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endure pain without feeling

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guileless

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innocent ; honest

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tenable

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able to be maintained defended against attack

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aridity

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no rain

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seditious

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inciting rebellion

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munificent

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very generous

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supercilious

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haughty

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gregarious

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fond of company

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abstemious

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not eating

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acrid

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sharp; bitterly pungent

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acrimony

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bitter

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aloof

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apart…not friendly

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antediluvian

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ancient

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apocryphal

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not true

made up

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apprehension

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fear

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arable

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good to grow crops

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ascetic

self discipline

atrophy

waste away

bleak

cold or cheerless

carping

finding fault

concede

admit; yield

conciliatory

soothing

conflagration

fire

vanquish

defeat

tawdry

meretricious

sordid

dirty contempt

timorous

timid

excised

tax

conflagration

fire

concordance

alphabetical list of words in a text agreement

aberration

a deviation from the norm

whereby

by which

finagle

obtain by devious or dishonest means

Winnow

remove from a group until only the best ones are left

anguished

pain/suffering

apocryphal

made up

recant

to say you don't believe something anymore.....

despot

ruler w/ absolute cruel power

affront

offend

blithe

cheerful indifference

bleak

dreary

indelible

can't be erased

fastidious

careful with details

bohemian

unconventional

deplorable

deserving condemnation | shockingly bad

immaculate

perfect, clean

prevaricated

speak or act evasively (escapingly)

trite

overused

terse

brief

raconteur

skilled storyteller

fluid

capable of changing

vacillate

Indecisive

speculate

form a theory or conjecture

exorbitant

unreasonably high

intractable

hard to control or deal with

meager

lacking in quality or quantity

lofty

proud, aloof, self-important