Unit two Flashcards
(40 cards)
1
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- complacent adj
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too pleased with oneself, smug
2
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- chagrin n
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embarrassment
3
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- contrition n
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,shame
4
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- disconsolate adj
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cheerles
5
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- pensive adj
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thoughtful
6
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- poignant adj
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evoking emotion, moving or touching
7
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- ostentatious adj
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showy, acting to impress others
8
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- pert adj
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bold, saucy, spirited
9
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- supercilious adj
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behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
10
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- ingratiate v
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to work oneself into favor
11
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- obsequious adj
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showing excessive willingness to serve
12
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- encomium n
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a speech or writing of high praise, tribute
13
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- laudable adj
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praiseworthy, commendable
14
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- calumnious adj
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falsely and maliciously accusing
15
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- convalesce v
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to recover
16
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- propinquinity n
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kinship, nearness in proximity
17
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- facetious adj
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in habit of joking
18
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- sardonic adj
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sarcastic
19
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- alacrity n
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cheerful willingness
20
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- volition n
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will
21
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- diffident adj
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timid
22
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- acclivity n
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upward slope
23
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- ethereal adj
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heavenly
24
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- sublime adj
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noble
25
48. abysmal adj
unmeausrably low
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50. menial n
low
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49. paltry adj
small amount
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adulation
excessive praise
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fulsome
enthusiastically complimentary, offensive because of insincerity
30
imputation
unjust or false charge
31
virulent
extremely poisonous or venomous, bitterly hostile
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inveterate
firmly established by age
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puerile
childish, foolish
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venerable
worthy of respect due to advanced age
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sordid
filthy
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arbitrary
based on personal whim rather than reasoning
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cogitate
think over, ponder
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dogmatic
asserting opinions as if they were fact
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fallacious
not true or accurate, containing a mistake
40
indubitable
certain
