121-150 Flashcards by Rebecca Underwood | Brainscape

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Mire

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Area of wet ground

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Meticulous

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Showing extreme care for detail

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Multifarious

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Having many different parts or elements

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Mundane

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Common

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Nefarious

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Extremely wicked or evil

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Obsequious

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Characterized by respectfully agreeing or disagreeing

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Odious

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Causing hatred, highly offensive

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Opaque

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Unable to pass through

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Ostentatious

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Attempt to impress others

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Palpable

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Plainly seen or heard

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Paragon

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Pattern of excellence

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Pariah

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An outcast

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Parochial

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Financially supported by one or more churches

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Paucity

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Smallness of quantity

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with small detail

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Pejorative

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Having an unappreciated effect

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Philistine

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Lacking cultural values

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Pique

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Affect with sharp irritation

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Pithy

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Brief and meaningful expression

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Poignant

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Strong in mental appeal

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Polemical

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Against an opinion

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Precocious

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Unusually advanced in development (mental)

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Proclivity

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Natural tendency

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Progeny

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Descendent or offspring

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Prolific

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Producing offspring abundantly

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Prosaic

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Unimaginative

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Protean

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Changeable in form

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Protract

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Extend the duration of something

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Pugnacity

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Inclined to fight readily

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty