2/10/16 Flashcards by Andi Hainje | Brainscape

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand, obscure

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Blunderbuss

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A clumsy person

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Cringe

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Recoil, flinch, shy away

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Envenom

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To cause bitterness and bad feeling

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Hedonism

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Self-indulgence, pleasure-seeking

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Laconic

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Using few words, brief, to the point

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Oblique

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Indirect, slanting

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Plumage

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Feathers of a bird

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Resignation

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Acceptance of fate

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Tenacious

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Stubborn, resolute, holding firm to a purpose

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Accolade

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Tribute, honor

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Bolster

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Support, prop up

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Cryptic

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Puzzling, enigmatic

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived

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Hedonist

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A pleasure seeker

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Lamentation

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Expression of regret or sorrow

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Obliterate

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Destroy, demolished

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Plummet

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Fall suddenly and steeply

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Resolution

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Determination

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Tentative

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Not certain