28 Flashcards

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lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad and dismal.

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gregarious

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(of a person) fond of company; sociable.

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choleric

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bad-tempered or irritable.

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superfluous

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unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.

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bumbling

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acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.

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piquant

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having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor.

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finagle

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obtain (something) by devious or dishonest means.

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maunder

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talk in a rambling manner.

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fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance rather than design

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coterminous

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having the same boundaries or extent in space, time, or meaning.

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saturnine

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(of a person or their manner) slow and gloomy.

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guileless

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innocent and without deception.

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devoid

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lacking or free from

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frivolous

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not having any serious purpose or value.

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recrudesce

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break out again; recur.

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abstruse

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difficult to understand; obscure.

17
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anathema

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something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

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vehemently

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in a forceful, passionate, or intense manner; with great feeling.

19
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culpability

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responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.

20
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duress

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threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment.

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untrammeled

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not deprived of freedom of action or expression; not restricted or hampered.

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fractious

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(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.

23
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derelict

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in a very poor condition as a result of disuse and neglect.

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espouse

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adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

25
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contingent

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subject to chance

26
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ambivalent

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having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.