vocab Flashcards
(83 cards)
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furtive
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clandestine, surreptitious
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commiseration
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sympathy, compassion
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mollify
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to appease, pacify
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placate
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pacify, calm
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earnest
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serious
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swivel
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turn
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scalding
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very hot
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corrode
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destroy, damage, weaken
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hackneyed
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lacking significance, overused
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aloft
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high up, elevated
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paltry
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small, meager, worthless
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scabbard
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a sheath for a sword
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conspicuous
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easily seen
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abashed
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embarrased, ashamed
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disconcerted
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unsettled or confused
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cumbersome
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complicated, unwieldy
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flimsy
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insubstantial
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beseech
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beg, implore, entreat
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implore
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plead desperately, entreat
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pretentious
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ostentatious, trying to impress
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fastidious
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attentive to detail; scrupulous, punctillious
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table
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to postpone
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enervated
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drained of energy
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impart
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make known, bestow
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profuse
plentiful, abundant, prolific
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manumit
set free
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expound
to present, explain
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oust
drive out; expel
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baleful
threatening harm; menacing
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satiate
to satisfy; satisfied
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quench
to satisfy; extinquish
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detract
diminish the worth or value of
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rife
common, widespread
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rife
common, widespread
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chortle
to laugh
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frantic
distraught with fear or anxiety
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pastoral
relating to shephards
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brusque
rough and abrupt in manner or speech
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brusque
abrupt in manner or speech
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rotund
stout
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igominious
deserving or causing public disgrace
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blatant
done openly and unashamedly; overt
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verbose
wordy, loquacious
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voluble
talkative
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exhume
dig out; expose
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crescent
increasing or growing
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fulgent
shining brightly
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perfidious
deceitful and untrustworthy; treacherous
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demur
express hesitation or objection to something
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sallow
of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color
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sallow
of an unhealthy yellow or pale brown color
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revile
criticize in an abusive manner; censure
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surfeit
excess; surplus
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mercurial
volatile, capricious, fickle
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convivial
friendly, lively, and enjoyable
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genial
friendly and cheerful
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cordial
warm and friendly
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bombastic
pompous
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grandiose
excessively pretentious
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imposing
grand and impressive in appearance
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disclose
make known
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tacit
understood or implied without being stated
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faction
state if conflict
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sycophant
somebody who flatters others for personal gain
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pernicious
having a harmful effect
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obfuscate
to deliberately make something unclear or difficult to understand
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lugubrious
looking or sounding sad and dismal
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insipid
lacking flavor or interest; dull
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nefarious
wicked or criminal; villainous
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sanguine
optimistic or positive
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lachrymose
sad
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abstruse
difficult to understand
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acerbic
sharp or bitter in tone or taste
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blithe
joyous; carefree, or cheerful
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brevity
conciseness
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crass
lacking sensitivity, refinement, or intelligence
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disparate
essentially different in kind
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docile
submissive
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effervescent
enthusiastic
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equanimity
mental calmness
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inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent; inevitable
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intermittent
occurring at irregular intervals
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intermittent
occurring at irregular intervals
