Vocabulary 2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
1
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Fecklessness
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Weak, ineffective
2
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Incendiary
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Designed to cause a fire/ stir up conflict
3
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Tepid
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(Of a liquid) slightly warm or lukewarm
4
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Clangorous
A
The continuous loud noise of something
5
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Impecunious
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Penniless
6
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Precocious
A
Advanced for her age
7
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Assiduous
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Diligent
8
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Dissemble
A
Conceal or disguise one’s true feelings
9
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Transgressions
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An offence, an act that goes against the law or code of conduct
10
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Abstruse
A
Difficult to understand, obscure
11
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Hortatory
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Tending or aiming to exhort
12
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Exhort
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Strongly encourage someone to do something
13
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Insipid
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Lacking flavor, weak or tasteless
14
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Banal
A
Something trivial
15
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prescient
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Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place
16
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Prolix
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(of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
