1984 vocab Flashcards by lincoln c | Brainscape

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furtive(adj)

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sly

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nebulous(adj)

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confused; cloudy; not easily defined

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orthodox(adj)

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customary/conventional

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heresy

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unorthodox opinion

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drudge

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slave-like worker

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mutable

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changeable

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myriad

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countless

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zealot

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fanatic

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pedant

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fanatic

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sanguine(adj)

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optimistic and cheerful; red-cheeked

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vapid(adj)

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flat; dull; lifeless

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posterity

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future generations

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pugnacious(adj)

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warlike; ready to fight

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bourgeoisie

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middle class; common;
(an insult)

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prevaricate

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ambiguous/unclear in order to mislead info

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euphony

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any pleading and harmonius sounds

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dismember

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seperate limbs from body

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ambivalent

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incertain/unable to decide what course to follow

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premonitory

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warning if future misfortune

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sanctimonious

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excessively or hypocritically pious

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disseminate

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cause to be widely known

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malleable

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changeable shape /bent /drawn out

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wheedle

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influence by gently urging

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implicate

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bring into intimate connectoon

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capitulate

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surrender under agreed conditions