Unknowns Flashcards by Fuzzy Unknown

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Insipid

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Without flavour, lacking energy

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Loquacious

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Talking a lot, wordy

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Demur

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to doubt

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Ingenous

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Naive, lacking experience

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Abjure

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Strongely reject an idea

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Cogent

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Persuasive, clear, and compelling

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Desultory

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Unplanned and w/o enthusiasm

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Diffident

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Reserved, Shy

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Approbation

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Appreciation

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Inimical

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Damaging or Hostile

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Intimate

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Subtly suggest or imply

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Recondite

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Obscure or difficult to understand

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Impertinent

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Disrespectful

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Prosaic

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Straightforward, unimaginative

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Pertinacious

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Stubbornly holding on to a belief

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Specious

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Seemingly reasonable,but actually wrong

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Timorous

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Nervous

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Tortuous

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Markedby twists and turns

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Venal

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Open to bribery or corruption

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Intransigent

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Stubborn

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Sedulous

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Diligent

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Sporific

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Cuasing sleep or lethargy

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Tendentious

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Biased towards a particular view

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Convivial

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Of a jovial nature

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Gainsay

Deny or refute

Perfidy

Betrayal

Sagacious

Demonstrating wisdom

Adroit

Skillful

Boorish

Rude

Commensurate

Comparable in size

Felicitous

Well-adapted

Forbear

Restrain from doing something

Irascible

Easily irratated

Mordant

Critical

Exculpate

To clear of guilt

Furtive

Sneaky, secretive

Myopic

Short-sighted,lacking creativity

Mawkish

Overly sentimental in an exagerated way

Perfunctory

Done without enthusiasm or effort

Truculent

Aggressive, confrontational

Acrimonious

Bitter or sharp in language and tone

Hackneyed

Lacking creativity

Incongruous

Out of place, lacking harmony

Laconic

Of few words

Opprobrium

Severe public criticism or shame

Parsimonious

Stingy

Vitiate

Impair or corrupt

Countenance

Accept or permit

Pellucid

Clear in meaning and/or style

Reticent

Reserved

Umbrage

Anger or annoyance

Propriety

Conforms to acceptable standards of behaviour

Scintillating

Brilliant and clear

Virulent

Hostile, malicious

Antedate

Occur prior to something

Synoptic

Summarizing

Vociferous

Loud and forceful expression (usually of opinions)

Surreptitious

Secretive

Trenchant

Biting and articulate

Iconoclastic

Challenging to established norms

Inveterate

Long-established

Miserly

Greedy

Pithy

Concise and meaningful

Upbraid

Criticize