Week 3 Flashcards

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Bombastic

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Given to pompous speech or writing

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness

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Exuberant

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Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy

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Embellish

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To ornament or decorate; to exaggerate

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Flagrant

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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unearned; unnecessary

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Lavish

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Extravagant

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, dismal, gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

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Opulent

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Displaying great wealth

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Ornate

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Elaborately decorated

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Penchant

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A strong inclination or liking

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Redundant

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Needlessly repetitive

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

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Vicarious

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Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

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Vignette

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A short scene or story

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Amalgam

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A combination of diverse elements; a mixture

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Inundate

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To overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

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Multifarious

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Diverse; various

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Multiplicity

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State of being various or manifold; a great number

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Alleviate

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To ease a pain or burden

21
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Beneficial

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Producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful

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Cathartic

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Relaxing after a emotional outburst

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Curative

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Able to heal or cure

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Palliative
Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure
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Therapeutic
Having or exhibiting healing powers
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Complement
Something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection
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Epitome
A representative or example of a type
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Felicitous
Admirably suited; apt
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Belie
To misrepresent
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Debunk
To expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims
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Dubious
Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Duplicitous
Deliberately deceptive
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Fabricate
To make up in order to deceive
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Fallacy
A false notion
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Mendacious
Lying; untruthful
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Specious
Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actual false
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Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
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Ambivalent
Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
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Apathetic
Feeling or showing little emotion
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Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
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Equivocal
Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous
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Erratic
Markedly inconsistent
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Impetuous
Suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate
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Impetus
An impelling force or stimulus
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Sporadic
Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time
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Vacillate
To stay from one side to the other; oscillate
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Whimsical
Characterized by whim; unpredictable
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Flag
To decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop
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Jaded
Worn out; wearied