Vocab II Flashcards

(47 cards)

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Categorically

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So clear it’s impossible to be confused

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Rapturous

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Blissfully happy

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Discomfit

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To make uncomfortable or upset

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Otherworldly

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Existing outside of nature; supernatural; alien

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Humdrum

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Dull, tedious, and boring

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Spartan

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Simple, sparingly

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Seemly

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Appropriate

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Eponym

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Person or thing for whom something names after

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Meek

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A person that is willing to go along with whatever other people want to do or won’t speak up.

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Plucky

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Courageous and determined

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Pastoral

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Relating to the country side

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Sartorial

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Related to fashion or clothes

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Inchoate

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Only partly in existence; just beginning to form

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Recapitulate

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Summarize

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Insular

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Having a narrow view of the world
Narrowly restricted in scope

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Cosmopolitan

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Familar with different cultures and parts of the world

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Inimical

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Hostile, harmful, antagonistic, opposed to something

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Truculent

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Defiantly aggressive

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Cavil

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v. Small or petty objections

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Doting

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Adj. foolishly or extravagantly loving and fond

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Gloat

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V. Dwell on with satisfaction

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Carping

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Petty and unjustified criticism

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Grovel

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Show submission or fear. Like begging for a good grade

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Resplendent

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Adj. Glamorous or splendor

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Cumbrous
Difficult to handle because of its size or weight
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Capricious
Chance or impulse rather the necessity or reason
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Ponderously
Slow and laborious because of weight
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Ramshackle
In poor or broken down position
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Dilapidated
Falling down or in complete disrepair
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Versimillitude
Appearance of truth, believable
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Subvert
Overturning or flipping the usual way of doing things
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Remiss
Neglect in one’s duties
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Perennial
adj. Permanent, constant, or repeated
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Penurious
Broke, excessively unwilling to spend
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Lachrymose
Showing sorrow
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Urbanity
Polished courtesy, elegance in manner
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Temerity
Unafraid of danger or punishment
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Modicum
Small amount
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Wherewithal
The necessary means especially financial means
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Reprisal
Retaliatory action against an enemy
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Renascence
A second or new birth
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Proffer
Polite offer, to accept or reject
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Dispatch
Dispose of rapidly without delay and efficiency
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Insolence
Trait of being rude
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Repute
Highly respected
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Torrid
Characterized as intense emotions
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Brash
Harsh, loud, and a little rude