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
Made up of many particles
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Atrophy
Wasting away
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Nuance
Subtle differences in tone, color, voice, etc.
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Inexorable
Relentless, unyielding
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Obsequious
Servile, seeking favors
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Adulation
Seeking favors
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Obloquy
Shame
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Obfuscate
To perplex, to make obscure
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Officious
Overly dutiful
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Apocryphal
False, not genuine
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Dogged
Stubborn, persistent
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
