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3-4 Vocab Pt 1 Flashcards

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Avaricious (adj)

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Greedy

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Austere (adj)

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Having great economy; showing sel-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance

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Frugal (adj)

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Careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasted

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Mercenary (adj)

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Greedy for self-gain; thinking only for money making

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Miserly (adj)

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Careful with how money is spent; thrifty

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Parsimonious (adj)

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Overly thrifty or miserly

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Penurious (adj)

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Stingy; relating to great poverty; destitution

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Thrifty (adj)

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Showing care with how money and resources are spent or used.

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Altruistic (adj)

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Showing an unselfish concern for others

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Benevolent (adj)

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Giving freely an easily to others; charitable; kind

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Largess (adj)

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Generous giving

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Lavish (adj)

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Generous in giving to others or in spending money

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Magnanimous (adj)

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Generous to overlooking insults

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Munificent (adj)

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Very generous

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Philanthropic (adj)

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Showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; human

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Prodigal (adj)

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Wasteful; lavish

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Squander (adj)

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To spend money/time in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

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Animosity (n)

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Hatred; Ill-will

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Antagonism (n)

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Hatred or hostility

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Bellicose (adj)

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Of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent

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Belligerent (adj)

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Taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight

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Cantankerous (adj)

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Bad-tempered or irritated; quarrelsome

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Captious (adj)

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Made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

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Contentious (adj)

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Quarrelsome; belligerent

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Disputatious (adj)

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Likely to dispute or argue

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Polemical (adj)

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Inclined to argue or debate; controversial

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Predator (n)

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One who takes advantage if another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival

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Pugnacious (adj)

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Eager to fight; belligerent

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Affable (adj)

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Easy to talk to; easy to approach; friendly; kind; amiable

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Amicable (adj)

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Showing goodwill; peaceable

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Congenial (adj)

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Compatible; Gavin kindred need or taste; sympathetic

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Convivial (adj)

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Sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating/drinking

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Cordial (adj)

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Warm an friendly; amiable

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Gregarious (adj)

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Sociable; outgoing

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Jocular (adj)

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Liking to be with people, joke around with them and having fun

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Levity (n)

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Light-heartedness; gaiety; carefree disposition, particularly when not appropriate

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