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Week 2 Flashcards

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hackneyed

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overused; trite

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trite

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overused

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prosaic

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overused, unimaginative, ordinary

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banal

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overused, ordinary, trivial

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original

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new, not overused

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novel

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new, not overused

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mundane

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ordinary; typical

mund- world

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routine

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ordinary

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workaday

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ordinary

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singular

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extraordinary

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sublime

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unique, extraordinary

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vacuous

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lacking substance

vac- empty

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inane

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lacking substance

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asinine

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lacking substance

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fatuous

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lacking substance

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profound

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substantial

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thoughtful

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substantial, showing thought

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deep

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substantial

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pedestrian

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commonplace; ordinary

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innovative

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unique

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quixotic

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unique

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whimsical

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unique

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insipid

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uninteresting; dull without flavor

in- not
sapere taste

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bland

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uninteresting

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nondescript

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uninteresting

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vapid

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uninteresting

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piquant

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interesting

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dormant

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inactive; sleeping

dormire- sleep

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fallow

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inactive

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inert

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inactive

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unanimous

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in full agreement

un- one
anima- mind

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concordant

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unanimous

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concerted

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unanimous

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uniform

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unvarying; always the same

un- one
forma- form

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homogenous

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uniform

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equanimity

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the quality of being even tempered

equa- same
anima- mind

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composure

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even tempered

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imperturbability

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even tempered

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aplomb

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even tempered

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magnanimous

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noble of heart; generous; forgiving

magna- great
anima- mind

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philanthropic

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generous

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altruistic

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generous

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merciful

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generous, forgiving

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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic

sanguis- blood

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blithe

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optimistic, happy

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buoyant

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optimistic, happy

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morose

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sad, pessimistic

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forlorn

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pessimistic

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melancholy

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sad, pessimistic, depressed

melan- black
choler- bile

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sullen

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gloomy, sad, pessimistic

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phlegmatic

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sluggish

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languorous

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sluggish

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somnolent

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sluggish

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torpid

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sluggish

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vigorous

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energetic

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hale

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energetic

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spry

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energetic

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despondent

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sad

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disconsolate

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sad

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choleric

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easily angered

choler- bile
ic- characterized by

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irascible

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easily angered

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fractious

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easily angered

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bilious

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easily angered

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splenetic

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easily angered

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recalcitrant

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stubbornly resistant to authority

re- back
calcitrare- kick

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refractory

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resistant to authority

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intractable

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resistant to authority

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obsequious

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complacent

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obeisant

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complacent

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querulous

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disposed to complaining

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peevish, captious, carping, caviling

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disposed to complaining

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dolorous

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marked by or expressive of sorrow or pain

dolor- pain

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lugubrious, doleful

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sorrow, pain

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animosity

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hostility; ill will

animosus- bold

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malevolence

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hostility

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antagonism

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hostility

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invidiousness

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hostility

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pusillanimous

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cowardly

pusillus- weak
anima spirit

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timorous, craven, dastardky

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cowardly

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lassitude

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feeling of weakness or listlessness

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spurious

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fake; counterfeit

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fictitious

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fake

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dubious

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fake

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fabricated

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fake, made up

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substantiated

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real, prooved

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guile

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trickery, deciet

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cleverness

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trickery

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cunning

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trickery

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duplicity

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trickery, deceit, hypocritical deception

duplit- two fold

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candor

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honesty, straightforward

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beguile

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to deceive with charm

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entrance

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to deceive with charm

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disenchant

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to bore

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strategem

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a deceitful scheme

strategos- army general

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surreptitious

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deceptive; sneaky

sub- secretly
rapere- seize

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ploy, gimmick, ruse, subterfuge

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deceitful scheme

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furtive

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secretive; sneaky

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clandestine

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secret; hidden

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stealth

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sneakiness; ability to avoid detection

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specious

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false but plausible

specere- to look at

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ostensible

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false but plausible

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sophistic

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false but plausible

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cloaked

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secretive; sneaky

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pseudonym

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pen name

psuedo- fake
onoma- name

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anonym

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pen name

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fallacious

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deceptive; false

fallacia- deceit
ious- full of

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rapacious

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greedy; ravenous

rapere- seize
ious- full of

108
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covetous

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greedy, ravenous

109
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delusory, erroneous

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deceptive; false

110
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transient

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fleeting; short-lived

transire- to go across

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ephemeral

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short-lived

hemera- day

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evanescent

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likely to vanish

vanescere- to disappear

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deciduous

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short lived

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transitory

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lasting for a short time

transitus- gone across

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interminable

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permanent

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sporadic

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irregular or unpredictable; infrequent

sporas- scattered

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intermittent, episodic, mercurial

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irregular

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capricious

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whimsical; impulsive

119
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fickle, volatile, mercurial, erratic

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impulsive

120
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extemporaneous

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done with little or no practice

ex tempore- of time

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anachronism

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something out of place in time

ana- backward
chronos- time

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archaism, incongruity asynchronism

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out of place in time

123
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expedite

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to speed up

124
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superflous

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beyond what is necessary or sufficient

super- over
flure- to flow

125
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contemporaneous

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existing or occurring at about the same time

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interminable

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never ending

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protracted

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prolonged; extended in time

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