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Vocab 2 Flashcards

1
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Ebullient

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Lively and full of enthusiasm or excitement about something

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2
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Trepidation

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Fear or worry about what is going to happen

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3
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Timorous

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Timid, fearful, diffident

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4
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Paucity

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The fact that there is too little of something

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5
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Deference

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Respect and politeness

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6
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Tantalize

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To make someone feel excited or attracted by an offer that is unlikely to happen

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7
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Craven

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Very cowardly

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8
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Opprobrium

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Severe criticism and blame

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9
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Extol

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To praise someone or something very much.

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10
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Preen

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To groom oneself

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11
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Ruminate

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To think carefully and for a long period about something

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12
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Arrant

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Used to say how bad something is

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13
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Ancillary

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Providing support or help

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14
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Sardonic

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Humourous in an unkind way

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15
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Veritable

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Used to describe something as another more exciting or unusual thing.
Used as an intensifier of a quality

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16
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Contumacious

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Insubordinate: rebellious

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17
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Diffident

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Reserved; shy

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18
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Dirge

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Song of grief or lamentation

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19
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Excoriate

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To censure

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20
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Exégesis

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Critical examination

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21
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Fatuous

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Silly; inanely foolish

22
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Imbroglio

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Difficult or embarrassing situation

23
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Ineluctable

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Certain, inevitable

24
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Mendicant

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Beggar; supplicant

25
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Sclerotic

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Not happening, developing or changing quick enough

26
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Pellucid

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Transparent

27
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Salutary

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Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement

28
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Sycophant

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Parasite, self seeking flatterer

29
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Enfranchisement

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The fact of giving a person or group text of people the right to vote

30
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Folly

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The fact of being stupid, or a stupid action, idea, etc.

31
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Stoke

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To add fuel to a large fire

32
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Besmirch

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To say bad things about someone

33
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Pilloried

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To severely criticize someone, especially in a public way

34
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Invigorate

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To make someone feel fresher, healthier

35
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Curtailed

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To Stop something before it’s finished, or to reduce or limit something

36
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Lambasted

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To criticize someone severely

37
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Forestall

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To block something

38
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Emaciated

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Very thin, usually because of illness or extreme hunger

39
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Aplomb

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Confidence

40
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Confounding

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Surprise and confuse someone

41
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Chirpy

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Happy and active

42
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Transient

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Lasting only for a short time

43
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Scotch

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To prevent something from being believed or done

44
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Foil

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To prevent something or someone from being successful

45
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Reticent

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Unwilling to speak about thoughts or feelings

46
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Begrudging

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Done unwillingly

47
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Portent

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A sign that something bad is likely to happen in the future

48
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Protracted

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Lasting for a long time or made to last longer than necessary

49
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Abridged

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Made shorter by having details being removed

50
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Inveighing

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To stroengly criticize someone

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