Week 8 Flashcards by Tiffany Wu

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Buoyancy

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relative lightness.

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Levity

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lightness of mind, character, or behavior

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Effervescence

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to show enthusiasm

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Ebullience

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High spirits

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Vivacious

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lively

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Equivocal

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open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.

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Ambiguous

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open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to intemperate or understand

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cryptic

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mysterious in meaning; puzzling

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Inscrutable

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not easily understood

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Predisposition

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Act a particular way

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Predilection

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a tendency to think favorably of something

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Penchant

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A strong inclinations for something

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Propensity

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a natural inclination or tendency

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Proclivity

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Natural inclination or tendency

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Innate

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Inborn; natural

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Intuitive

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Instinctive

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Visceral

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Instinctive

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Nuance

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A subtle difference

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Connotation

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an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

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Innuendo

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an indirect intimation

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Insinuate

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Suggest or hint

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Somber

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gloomily dark

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Bleak

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Bare; desolate

Dire

causing or involving great fear or suffering

Grim

Stern; harsh

Staid

fixed; settled

Arcane

known or understood by very few

Esoteric

Only known by a few

Byzantine

Excessively complicated

Recondite

Little known

Tortuous

Not direct or straightforward

Abstruse

Hard to understand

Convoluted

complicated

Provincial

local

Parochial

Narrow-minded

Myopic

Narrow minded

Bigoted

Biased

Insular

Narrow-minded

Conjecture

an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.

Extrapolation

Educated guess

Supposition

Assumption

Surmise

A guess

Wry

Crooked

Sardonic

characterized as bitter

Caustic

Sarcastic

Acerbic

Harsh or severe

Trenchant

Vigorous in expression