Random Vocab Flashcards
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gullible
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easily fooled
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serene
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calm, peaceful
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subtle
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very slight, gradual
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erratic
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not consistent
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precarious
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dangerous
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cunning
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tricky; clever
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congenital
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existing at birth
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verifiable
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able to be proven
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malleable
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able to be shaped
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contentious
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troublesome; argumentative
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bland
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lacking taste
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deploy
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spread over a large area
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renunciation
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a declaration of pushing away
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vigor
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great life and energy
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anguish
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severe emotional pain
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apocryphal
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of doubtful origin
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recant
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to take back
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tranquil
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calm
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premonition
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a warning beforehand
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evocation
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a calling forth
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exacerbate
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to make worse
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tacit
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unspoken, silent
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tacitern
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using few words
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blithe
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cheerful
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innate
existing at birth; natural
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circumscribe
resitrict; limit
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despotic
dictatorial
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fecund
fertile; productive
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obsolete
outdated
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mundane
boring, tedious
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lampoon
(verb) to imitate in a satirical way
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zealous
extremely devoted to a cause
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imperious
very proud or arrogant
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tableaus
a picture of a scene; setting
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capricious
changing your mind a lot, whimsical
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philanthropy
the act of doing good for others
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innocuous
not harmful or hurtful
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bohemian
a wild, crazy, not conventional person
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indelible
cannot be erased or wiped out
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fastidious
giving careful attention to detail
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impudent
disrespectful, overly bold
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benefactor
someone who does good things
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malefactor
someone who does evil things
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benevolent
kind/loving
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malevolent
bad/evil
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malice
spite, hatred
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benediction
a blessing
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malediction
a curse
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malignant
cancerous, harmful
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prevaricate
to tell a lie
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listless
lacking energy
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censure
to criticize formally
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reclusive
staying by oneself, not sociable
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wily
tricky; cunning
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amicable
friendly
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scintillating
sparkling
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transcend
to go beyond
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lucid
very clear
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suppleness
flexibility
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reticent
using few words
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terse
using few words
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stoic
not showing emotion, impassive
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verbose
using more words than necessary
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self-effacing
overly humble and critical of oneself
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succinct
brief and to the point
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trite
unimportant, trivial
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malignant
bad
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raconteur
great storyteller
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paltry
not enough; meager
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methodical
organized; systematic
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fluid
flowing along, ongoing, changeable
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static
staying the same, stationary
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torpor
sluggishness, lack of energy
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residual
left over
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wane
to grow dimmer; decrease
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corroborate
to confirm
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mundane
ordinary, monotonous, boring
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esoteric
understood only by a few
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mitigate
to make less sever
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repudiate
to reject
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synchronous
occurring at the same time
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indomitable
not capable of being defeated
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intractable
disobedient, hard to manage
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exorbitant
too high
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ambivalent
having conflicting feelings
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thwart
to impede, prevent from happening
