Word List 10 Flashcards by Christy Ro

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bellicose

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war-like; aggressive

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consummate

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complete; total; supremely good

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elusive

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hard to pin down

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gregarious

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extroverted; social; outgoing

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jaundiced

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cynical; pessimistic

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nettle

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annoy

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whet

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sharpen

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contemporary

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living or happening at the same time

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jaunt

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short pleasure trip

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niggardly

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miserly; stingy

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whimsical

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capricious; changeable

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bemoan

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complain about

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contrite

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sorry

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philistine

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uncultured person

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redolent

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smelling of; giving off odors

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surreptitious

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secret; stealthy

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willful

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stubborn

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benevolent

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kindly

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guile

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cunning; craftiness

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jingoistic

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extremely patriotic; nationalistic

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phlegmatic

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calm; imperturbable

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redress

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put something right that was wrong

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surreptitiously

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secretly; furtively

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contumacious

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stubborn

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embroil

involve in hostility or argument

guileless

frank; honest

jocular

in a joking manner

nondescript

having no special features; dull and ordinary

pillage

plunder

superfluous

redundant

benignity

compassion; fondness

contusion

a bruise

jollity

gaiety, happiness

nonentity

a person of no importance; not famous

referendum

public vote

bequeath

leave something in one's will to be given after one's death

emulate

to imitate something admired

refute

disprove

sybarite

lover of luxury

zany

crazy; wacky

berate

scold, criticize

gustatory

concerned with the sense of taste

judicious

correct in judgment; wise

notoriety

infamy; known for wrong doing

regale

entertain

sycophant

bootlicker; flatterer

zeal

enthusiasm

corpulent

fat

hackneyed

common, over-used

jurisprudence

science or study of law

novel

new; unusual

placate

pacify; soothe

relegate

dismiss to a lower position

taciturn

quiet; saying little

zealot

fanatic

bestial

behaving like a beast; brutal

corrugated

highly folded

hallowed

worshiped; consecrated

tyro

novice

tactile

concerned with the sense of touch

zenith

summit