Vocab 20 words Flashcards by b sak

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Solace

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Comfort in a time of stress or sadness

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Insipid

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Lacking taste or class

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Pedestrian

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Lacking inspiration

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Visceral

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From the gut

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Inept

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Having or showing no skill

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Mitigate

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To make less severe or serious

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Anodyne

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Something that kills pain

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Vacillitate

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To alternate indecisively between two choices

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Incendiary

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Designed to start fires or conflict

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Depravity

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Moral corruption

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Bulwark

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A defensive wall

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Cajole

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Persuade by flattering or gently teasing

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Harbinger

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Something that marks the approach of something else

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Impetuous

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Acting quickly without much thought

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Extemporaneous

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Spoken or done without preparation

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Fetid

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Smelling very unpleasant

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimum effort to satisfy the situation

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Fracas

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A noisy disturbance

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Foible

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A small flaw

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Vacuous

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Showing a lack of thought or intelligence