vocab Flashcards

(60 cards)

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disposed or willing to comply

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amenable

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rough and bitter manner

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acrimony

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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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banal

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the quality of being honest and straight forward in attitude and speech

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candor

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heedful of potential consequences

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circumspect

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give evidence for

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corroborate

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suitable to your needs

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congenial

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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

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Curtail

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make weak

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debilitate

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characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

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decorous

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courteous regard for people’s feelings

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deference

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reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

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demean

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express strong disapproval of

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deplore

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the act of deriding or treating with comtempt

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derision

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a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

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derivative

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instructive (especially excessively)

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didactic

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showing modest reserve

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diffident

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express a negative opinion of

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disparage

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easily handled or managed

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docile

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selecting what seems best of various styles or idea

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eclectic

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choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies, or plans

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espouse

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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

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exonerate

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containing or based on a fallacy

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fallacious

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giving careful attention to detail; excessively concerned with cleanliness

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fastidious

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attempting to win favor by flattery
fawning
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showing inappropriate levity
flippant
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full of trivial conversation
garrulous
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not serious in content or attitude or behavior
frivolous
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given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink
gluttonous
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the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate
incongruity
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a person who shows no gratitude
ingrate
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lacking in sophistication or worldliness
ingenuous
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lacking sprit or liveliness
languid
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the act of taking something from someone unlawfully
larceny
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the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern
nonchalance
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marked by a narrow focus on or dissplay of learning especially its trivial aspects
pedantic
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criminal offense of making false statements under oath
perjury
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spreading or spread throughout
pervasive
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continuing forever or indefinitely
perpetual
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easily irritated or annoyed
petulant
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an early warning about a future event
premonition
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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn
premise
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excessively forward
presumptuous
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careful and sensible; marked by sound judment
prudent
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one who lives in solitude
recluse
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overthrow by arguument, evidence, or proof
refute
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turn aways from; give up
relinguish
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refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid
repudiate
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reluctant to draw attention to yourself
reticent
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felling or showing profound respect or veneration
reverent
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the absence of mental stress or anxiety
serenity
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restrained in style or quality
subdued
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in opposition to a civil authority or government
subversive
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more than is needed, desired, or required
superflous
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habitually reserved and uncommunicative
taciturn
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hinder or prevent of
thwart
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exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence
transcendent
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a feeling of alarm or dread
trepidation
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de undecided about something; waver between conflicting courses of action
vacillate
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devouring or craving food in great quantities
voracious