Vocab one Flashcards by Alyric Buckner - Student

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Meticulous

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excessively careful, scrupulous

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Urbane

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notably polite or polished in manner

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Sagacity

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the quality of being keen in judgement

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Edify

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to instruct to improve, enlighten, or uplift

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Muse

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to become absorbed in thought; to turn something over in the mind

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Abate (verb)

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Lessen

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Belligerent (adjective)

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Aggressive, warlike

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Callous

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Insensitive

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Debacle

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Failure

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Eclectic

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From diverse sources

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Faction

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group within a larger group

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Garish

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tastelessly showy

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Histrionic

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excessively dramatic or emotional

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Impetuous

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rash, passionate

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Jovial

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cheerful

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Latent, latency

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the state of being not yet evident or active

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Malleable

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capable of being shaped, pliable

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Nefarious

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evil

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Ostensible

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apparent, seeming

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Pacifist

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one who completely opposes violence

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Quell

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suppress

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Rampant

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unrestrained, growing

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Sanction

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formally approve or a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule

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Tenacious

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stubborn, determined

Unabashed

not embarrassed

Vanquish

conquer, defeat

Wrath

anger

Zealot

Fanatic

Aberration

deviation, not normal

Benevolent

generous

Cajole

coax

Decimate

destroy

Embroiled

involved in an argument or conflict

Flippant

disrespectful

Grandiose

pompous, pretentious

Hasten

speed up the progress of something

Incredulous

skeptical

Judicious

Fair

Listless

sluggish

Marred

impair the quality of something