Section 3 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Enigmatic

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Full of mystery and difficult to understand

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Emulate

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To try to be like

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Ennui

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Lack of spirit or interest

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time; fleeting

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Epicure

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A person who appreciates fine food and drink

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Equivocate

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Using unclear language to mislead someone

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Erudition

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Impressive knowledge that is learned by studying

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Esoteric

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Taught of understood by a small group

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Espouse

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To marry or to take up/support a cause

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Ethereal

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Otherworldly; heaven; celestial

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Fatuous

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Foolish or stupid

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Fecund

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Able to produce many offspring or vegetation

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Felicity

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Great happiness

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Fetid

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Having a string, unpleasant smell

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Flippant

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Lacking proper respect or seriousness

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Florid

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Furtive

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Done in a quiet, secret way so as to not be noticed

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Foible

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A minor fault in someone’s character or behavior

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Garish

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Too bright or colorful

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Garner

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Guile

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The use of clever and usually dishonest methods to achieve something

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Hedonism

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Pleasure seeking

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Heretic

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Someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted belief

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Hiatus
A long break
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Histrionic
Too emotional or dramatic
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Hoary
Very old or unoriginal
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Iconoclasm
Criticism or opposition to beliefs or practices that are widely accepted
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Impervious
Not bothered or affected by
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Immutable
Unable to be changed