Vocab Flashcards by Ana Ablanedo

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Sojourning

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Staying temporarily

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zeal for

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strong interest

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zeal

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Great energy in pursuit of cause

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apathy

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a-not path-emotion

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euphoria

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bliss

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consummate

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perfect

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whim

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passing thought

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dogma

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idea held to be true

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tenet

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idea held to be true

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dogmatic

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opinionated

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polity

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a government

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spurious

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falseness

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terse

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not using many words

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fallacious

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falseness

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succinct

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not using many words

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bellicose

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looking for a fight

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blithe

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cheerful

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extol

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to praise highly

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deprecate

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to express disapproval

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renounce

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to put aside

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spurn

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to reject scornfully

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discountenance

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to express disapproval

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eulogize

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praise highly

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substantial

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having great meaning

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paltry

inferior, trivial

abhorrent

strong dislike

elusive

difficult

desultory

lacking a plan

parsimonious

frugal

truculent

aggressive

circumnavigate

go around not through

circumvent

avoid altogether

adversaries

enemies

sacrosanct

enemies

injudicious

foolish

postulated

hypothesized

refuted

declared untrue

embryonic

new

pestilential

harmful

approbation

praise

largess

generosity

galvanize

energized

abide

overlooking

repudiate

reject

inscrutable

incomprehensible

mercenary

greedy

proloctur

spokesperson

figurehead

leader w/o real power

cognizant of

aware of

phlegmatic and conciliatory

calm

cantankerous

argumentative

inscrutable

mysterious

contentious

controversial

precarious

uncertain

malcontents

rebels

cognoscenti and connoisseurs

experts

neophytes and uninitated

novices or untrained

detractors

those who criticize

seminal

influential

canonical

recognized, time-honored

abstain

restrain from doing

volatile

changeable or explosive

capricious

inconsistent

engender

cause/give rise to

gullible

easily persuaded

equivocal

ambigious

audable

deserving praise

mitigate

make less severe

placate

make less angry

prodigal

wasteful, immoderate