Vocab 2 Flashcards

(10 cards)

1
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Admonitory

A

Tending or serving to scold (in a good matter)

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2
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Audacious

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Extremely bold or daring, recklessly brave, fearless

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3
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Austere

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Severe in manner or appearance, uncompromising

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4
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Bucolic

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Suggesting an idyllic rural life

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5
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Cerebral

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Betraying or characterized by the use of intellect rather than intuition or instinct

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6
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Conciliatory

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To overcome the hostility of, to win or gain favor/regard

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7
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Contemptuous

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Showing or expressing disdain, scornful, disrespectful

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8
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Derisive

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Contemptuous, mocking, ridiculing

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9
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Didactic

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Instructive, inclined to teach or lecture others too much

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10
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Abhorrent

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Detestable, loathsome

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