Vocab 1-30 Flashcards by Morgan Firestein

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pith

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the essential/central part

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platitude

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a superficial remark

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polemical

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controversial/argumentative

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prodigan

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extravagant, recklessly wasteful

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querulous

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prone to complaining

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rancorous

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bitter resentment

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salubrious

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promoting health and well-being

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solvent

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able to meet financial obligations

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specious

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suspicious nature

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spurious

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lacking authenticity or validity

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quiescence

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motionless, stillness (like quietness)

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endemic

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characteristic of a specific locality, region, people

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evanescent

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tending to vanish

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iconoclast

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one who undermines traditional conventions

in contrast to the traditional icons

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idolatrous

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excessive devotion to something

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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paean

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song of praise

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capricious

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changing impulsively

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censure

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to criticize

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

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austere

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simple, ascetic

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castigation

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criticism and punishment

to castrate

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cogent

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convincing

congeal… bring together

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

alla

impecunious

without money

penurious

excessively thrifty

odious

to evoke an intense aversion

fortuitous

happening by accident/chance

hackneyed

commonplace by frequent use

halcyon

calm and peaceful