316-360 Flashcards by Ashanna Copeland | Brainscape

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Amorous

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Inclined to love

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Glib

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Readily fluent

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Cliche

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A trite

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Bathos

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Anticlimax

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Invective

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Violent censure

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Voluble

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Talkative

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Omniscience

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Infinite knowledge

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Misogynistic

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Mistreatment of women

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Effusive

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Overflowing

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Discomfited

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Confused

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Culmination

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Reaching the highest point

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Subjunctive

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Doubtful

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Admonitory

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Warning

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Indolence

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Slothful

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Insidious

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Deceitful

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Meticulous

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Fussy

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Utilitarian

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Having usefulness

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Sepulchral

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Serving as a tomb

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Rueful

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Pitiable

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Maudlin

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Weakly emotional

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Vague

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Not clearly expressed

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Base

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Morally low

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Burgeoning

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Grow quickly

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Chivalrous

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Rules and customs of knighthood

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Tenebrous

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Gloomy

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Maxim

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General truth

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Idiom

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Meaning is not predictable

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Pejorative

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Belittling effect

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Elliptical

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Speech, excessive economy

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Stigma

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Mark of disgrace

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Salacious

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Lustful

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Ignominious

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Humiliating

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Provinciality

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Local

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Regression

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Retrogradation

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Lethargic

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Apathetic

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Syllogism

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Argument

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Inexorable

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Unyielding

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Languid

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Lacking in vigor

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Spontaneity

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Natural impulse

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Bleak

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Bare

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Caesura

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Any break

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Malleable

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Capable of molding

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Ethereal

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Iight

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Fait accompli

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Accomplished fact