Words in General 2 Flashcards

(51 cards)

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Acquiescent

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Ready to accept something without protest

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Acrimonious

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Angry and bitter

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Affable

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Courteous and pleasant

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Approbation

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Approval or praise

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Ardent

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Very enthusiastic

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Articulate

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Fluent; coherent

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Brazen

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In a bold and shameless way

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Choleric

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Easily angered

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risk

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Complacent

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Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with ones self or ones achievements

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Coy

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Making a pretence of shyness or modesty that is intended to allure (typically used of a woman)

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Despair

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Complete loss of hope

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Devout

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Totally committed

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Dextrous

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Showing great skill especially with the hands

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Discerning

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Having or showing good judgement

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Discordance

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Lack of agreement or consistency

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Dismay

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Concern and distress caused by something unexpected

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Doleful

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Expressing sorrow; mournful

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Ebullient

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Cheerful and full of energy

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Engender

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Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation or condition.

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Ennai

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Entreating

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Expressing an earnest or anxious request

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Facetious
Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour (Flippant)
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Facilely
To do with ease
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Frazzled
Showing the effects of exhaustion or strain
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Gregarious
Sociable
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Inexorable
Impossible to stop
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Inhibited
Unable to act in a relaxed or natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint
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Irate
Feeling great anger
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Jocular
Humorous or playful
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Laudatory
Expressing praise
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Maverick
An unorthodox or independent-minded person
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Meek
Submissive
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Obstinate
stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.
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Perceptive
Having or showing sensitive insight
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Pompous
Self-important
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Premonition
A strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen
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Provocative
Deliberately causing anger or another strong reaction
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Punitive
Inflicting or intending as punishment
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Sanguine
Optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation
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Scurrilous
making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.
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Strident
Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way
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Taciturn
Saying little
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Tenacious
Firm; persistent
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Tentative
Hesitant
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Terse
Brief and to the point
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Unscrupulous
Not honest or fair
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Zealous
Showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective