3 Flashcards

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Imprudence

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(N) not prudent; packing discretion; incautious; rash

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Wan

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(Adj) showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness; lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness

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Conciliatory

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(Adj) to gain (as goodwill) by pleasing acts; appease, reconcile

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Disingenuous

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(Adj) lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; insincere

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Blithely

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(Adv) joyous, gay, or merry in disposition; without thought or regard, carefree, heedless

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Bona fide

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(Adj) made in good faith without fraud or deceit; made with earnest intent, sincere

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Specious

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(Adj) deceptive

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Monolithic

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(Adj) characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity; consisting of one piece

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Anathema

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(N) a person or thing detested or loathed

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Urbane

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(Adj) having the polish and suavity regarded as a characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities; reflecting elegance, sophistication

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