Vocab Flashcards
(35 cards)
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ostentatious
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overly fancy
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convoluted
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complicated
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capricious *
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on a whim
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bombastic
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to be forceful/ in your face
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loquacious
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talking too much
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dispassionate
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not passionate
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decorous
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polite/manners
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mitigated *
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to lesson/ make easier
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jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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ossified
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to become hardened
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venerable *
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esteemed or looked up to
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equivocate *
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being ambiguos
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denunciations
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to condemn
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unprecedented
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never occurred before
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haugthy
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to look down on
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supercilious *
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to look down on
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pugnacious
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inclination to fight
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belligerence *
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to fight
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brevity
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briefness or consciousness in speech or writing
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concise
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using few words in speaking or writing
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laconic
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using few words in speech
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Jingoism
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extreme patriotism
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Lugubrious
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gloomy; sad; melancholy
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Ossified
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turn into bone or boney tissue
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Prescience
keen insight into the future
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Venerable
esteemed institution
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Capricious
on a whim
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Bombastic
forceful ; pretentious (someone who talks at you)
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Decorous
in keeping with good taste
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Indigence
originating from
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Tenacious
to stick with things
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Supercilious
thinking you're superior
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Pugnacious
quick to argue
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Judicious
fair/ equal
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Egalitarian
treating equally
