10 Flashcards

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Amendable

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responsive, agreeable

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Facetious

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playfully humorous

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3
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Dilettante

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someone with an amateurish or superficial understanding of a field of knowledge

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4
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Propriety

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appropriateness of behavior

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5
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Staid

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unemotional; serious

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6
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Pejorative

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describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone

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7
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Brusque

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rudely abrupt

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8
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Caustic

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bitingly sarcastic or witty

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9
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Fractious

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quarrelsome, unruly

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10
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Fastidious

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possessing careful attention to detail, difficult to please

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