10th Day Flashcards

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Daft

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Adj. Foolish

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Affability

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N. Likable quality

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Deft

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Adj. Capable, skillful

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Diffidence

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Adj. Lacking confidence

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Distillate

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N. The condensed liquid product resulting from distillation; essence

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Efface

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V. To obliterate or make indistinct; to make inconspicuous

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Effete

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Adj. Depleted of vitality; weak; infertile

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Effulgent

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Adj. bright, shining

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Enfeeble

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V. To make weak

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Jaundice

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V. To affect adversely

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Lofty

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Adj. Something being high; exalted, Noble

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Nefarious

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Adj. Wicked, evil

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Obfuscate

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V. To make unclear, confused

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Officious

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Adj. Meddlesome; unofficial

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Offish

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Adj. prone to be reserved and aloof

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Parry

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V. To deflect, fend off, evade

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Parse

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V. To read and analyze grammar

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Penitent

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Adj. Feeling sorrow and shame over act of sin committed

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Perforate

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V. To make rows of holes in paper to make it easier to tear off

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Raffish

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Adj. Cheaply or showily vulgar; Characterized by a carefree unconventionality

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Refractory

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Adj. Resistant to authority, control, pressure, or heat

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Suffuse

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V. To fill or spread over with fluid color or light

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Unflappable

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Adj. Not easily perturbed, persistently calm

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Veer

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V. To change direction abruptly