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28 Flashcards

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Premonitory

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A strong feeling that something is about to happen

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Accentuate

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Make more noticeable or prominent

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Rhapsody

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An enthusiastic and ecstatic expression

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Direr

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Extremely serious or urgent

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Eerie

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Strange and frightening

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Panglossian

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A person who is optimistic regardless of circumstance

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Supercilious

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Behaving or looking as though one is superior to the other

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Nefarious

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Wicked or criminal

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Implode

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Collapse

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Encomiastic

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A person who publicly praises or flatter someone else

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Prudish

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Having tendency to be irritated or shocked by sexual or nudity matters

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Ethos

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Spirit of culture or era

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Avant garde

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New experimental ideas

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Conjecture

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An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

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Disgruntled

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Angry or dissatisfied

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Savant

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A learned person or a distinguished scientist

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Dystopian

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Denoting an imagined place or state in which everything is unpleasant or bad

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Consumerism

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Promotion of interest of customers

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Stately

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Dignified unhurried manner

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Fiasco

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A thing that is a complete failure

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Debacle

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A complete failure

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Hedonist

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A person who believes the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life

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Patsy

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A person who is easily taken advantage of

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Tact

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Adroitness when dealing with someone

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Inaugurate

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Introduce

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Annotate

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Add note

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Inculcate

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Teach an attitude or idea

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Catechize

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Put questions or to interrogate

29
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Unprompted

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Without being encouraged or assisted to do something

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Surreptitious

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Kept secret

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Unparalleled

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Having no equal

Exceptional

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Travesty

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A false absurd representation of something

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Appalled

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Displeasure

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Befuddled

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Unable to think clearly

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Fatuous

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Silly and pointless

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Sardonic

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Mocking or cynical

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Inconspicuous

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Not clearly visible

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Mien

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A person look or manners

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Demeanor

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Outward behavior

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