201-300 Flashcards

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Nebulous

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Cloudy, vague

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Ennui

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Boredom

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Heretic

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One who doesn’t believe in orthodox views

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Impute

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To charge someone

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Irascible

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Quick-tempered

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Inane

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Silly, empty

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Ingenious

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Skillful, clever

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Impugn

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To attack, to charge with guilt

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Indiscriminate

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Done for no reason at all, arbitrary

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Magnanimous

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Generous

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Denigrate

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To belittle, to disparage

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Lachrymose

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Teary-eyed

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Mendacious

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Untruthful, lying

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Seminal

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Capable of developing, beginning

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Latent

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Hidden

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Levity

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Lighthearted humor

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Lugubrious

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Mournful, gloomy

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Macabre

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Gruesome, pertaining to death

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Martinet

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Disciplinarian

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Modicum

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A small quantity

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Munificent

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Generous

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Mellifluous

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Nice-sounding

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Malinger

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To feign illness to escape duty

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Nadir

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The lowest point

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Aggregate

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Made up of many particles

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Atrophy

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Wasting away

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Nuance

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Subtle differences in tone, color, voice, etc.

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Inexorable

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Relentless, unyielding

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Obsequious

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Servile, seeking favors

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Adulation

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Seeking favors

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Obloquy

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Shame

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Obfuscate

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To perplex, to make obscure

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Officious

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Overly dutiful

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Apocryphal

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False, not genuine

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Dogged

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Stubborn, persistent

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Pusillanimous

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Cowardly