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Vocab List 4 Flashcards

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Apathetic

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Adj: Lacking interest or concern; indifferent; lacking emotion; unresponsive

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Adulation

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N: Excessive flattery or admiration

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Awry

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Adv: In a position that is turned or twisted one side; askew; away from the correct course; amiss

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Contemptuous

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Adj: Manifest or feeling contempt; scornful

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Cavil

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V: to find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections; to quibble about; detect petty flaws in N: A carping or trivial objection

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Conspicuously

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Adj: Easy to notice; obvious; attracting attention, as by being unusual; noticeable

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Devoid

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Adj: Completely lacking

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Dappled

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Adj: Spotted; mottled

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Dissipate

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V: To drive away; disperse; to attenuate to or almost to the point of disappearing

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Elicit

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V: to get (a response, information, etc.) from someone

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Efficacy

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N: the power to produce a desired result or effect

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Enigma

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N: Someone or something that is difficult to understand or explain

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Gratuitous

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Adj: Not necessary or appropriate

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Inadvertent

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Adj: Not intended or planned

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Insurgent

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N: A person who fights against an established government or authority

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Laudable

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Adj: Deserving praise

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Nefarious

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Adj: Evil or immoral

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Paucity

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N: A small amount of something; an amount that is less than what is needed or wanted

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Perfunctory

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Adj: Used to describe something that is done without energy or enthusiasm because of habit or because it is expected

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Redundant

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Adj: Repeating something else and therefore unnecessary

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Tacit

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Adj: Expressed or understood without being directly stated

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Verbose

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Adj: Using more words than are needed

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