Vocab 1/15:15 Flashcards

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Prolific

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Producing abundant works or results

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Disgruntled

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Unhappy

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Revere

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To respect, honor or admire

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Resolute

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Firm or determined

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Auspicious

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Favorable;successful

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Mercurial

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Changeable,erratic

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Prosaic

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Lacking in imagination;dull

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Smug

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Self satisfied

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Novel

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Strikingly new or different

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Ebullient

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Enthusiastic, lively

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

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Foster

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To promote the development of

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Exacting

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Requiring great care or effort

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Diminutive

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Tiny

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Erudite

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Scholarly, well educated

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Impugn

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To attack as falso or wrong, to challenge or question

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Hinder

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To be or get in the way of

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Shrewd

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Smart in a sneaky or tricky manner

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Intelligible

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Capable of being understood

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Alacrity

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Eargerness, enthusiasm

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Brusque

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Spurn

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To reject with disrespect

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Pugnacious

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Eager to fight

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Forthright

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Honest,direct, straight forward

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Conjecture
Guesswork
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Pervasive
Spread throughout
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Demean
To lower in status
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Diffidence
A lack of self confidence, shyness
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Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse (guilty, sorrow)