Vocab 1 Flashcards
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Ingratiating-
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Ingratiating- calculated to please or gain favor.
2
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Laxity-
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Laxity- an absence of strictness
3
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Salable-
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Salable- capable of being sold; fit to be sold
4
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Rapier-
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Rapier- a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
5
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Wrest-
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Wrest- obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
6
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Contracted-
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Contracted- reduced in size or pulled together
7
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Earnestly-
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Earnestly- in a serious manner
8
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Viscid-
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Viscid- having the sticky properties of an adhesive
9
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Reticent-
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Reticent- temporarily disinclined to talk
10
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Unwary-
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Unwary- not alert to danger or deception
11
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Allele-
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Allele- any of the forms of gene that can occupy the same locus
12
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Verbosity-
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Verbosity- an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
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