Vocabulary Flashcards
(35 cards)
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enigmatic
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mysterious, cryptic
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lugubrious
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sad
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ebullient
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very happy
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visage
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countenance, facial expression
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reticent
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Shy; holding back;
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effrontery
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shameless bolness adn audacity
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egregious
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terrible, flagrant
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precipitate
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overly quick, leaping before lookig
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loquacious
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overly talkative
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unequivocal
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straightforward
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solecism
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inconsistency , a mistake
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ironic
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The opposite of what is expected
13
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vestigial
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function-less after much of the original has disappeard
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avarice
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desire to hoard wealth
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assiduous
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hard=working
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Abject
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miserable, wretched
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craven
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cowardly
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pusillanimous
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cowardly
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artless
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honest and natural
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contentious
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someone who is willing to stand up for himself
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deferent
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giving in out of respect for another
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mealymouthed
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insincere
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diffidence
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lack of confidence
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equivocation
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intentionally vague language
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mendicant
destitute
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mendacious
dishonest
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misanthropic
antisocial
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morose
sullen
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quiescent
at rest
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felicitous
suitable or appropriate
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insensible
unersponsive
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ingenuous
naive and trusting
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aver
declare something to be true
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dogmatic
opinionated
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doctrinaire
declare something to be true when its not
