4/28/14 Vocab Flashcards by Ben Boughton | Brainscape

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Sanguine

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Cheerfully optimistic and hopeful

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Convalesce

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To recover health and strength after illness

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Chagrin

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Feeling of vexation marked by disappointment

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Jovial

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Characterized by a hearty, joyous humour or spirit

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Postulate

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To ask or demand

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Errant

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Deviating from the proper course

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Contour

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The outline of a figure or body

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Supercilious

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Disdainful or contemptuous

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Effeminate

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Having traits considered soft or delicate

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Fractiousness

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Refractory or unruly (noun form)

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Conscientious

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Careful and painstaking, governed by conscience

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Deft

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Dexterous; clever

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Infinitesmial

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Indefinitely small

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Complacency

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Feeling of quiet pleasure or security

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Rotogravure

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Photomechanical process of printing pictures

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Peremptorily

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Leaving no opportunity for denial (adv. form)

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Leaden

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Dull or gloomy

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Oculist

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Eye doctor

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Sumptuous

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Entailing great expense or luxury

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Pastoral

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Having the simplicity or serenity of rural areas

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(R)

Cheerfully optimistic and hopeful

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Sanguine

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(R)

To recover health and strength after illness

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Convalesce

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(R)

Feeling of vexation marked by disappointment

A

Chagrin

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(R)

Characterized by a hearty, joyous humour or spirit

A

Jovial

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(R)

To ask or demand

A

Postulate

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(R)

Deviating from the proper course

A

Errant

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(R)

The outline of a figure or body

A

Contour

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(R)

Disdainful or contemptuous

A

Supercilious

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(R)

Having traits considered soft or delicate

A

Effeminate

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(R)

Refractory or unruly (noun form)

A

Fractiousness

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(R)

Careful and painstaking, governed by conscience

A

Conscientious

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(R)

Dexterous; clever

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Deft

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(R)

Indefinitely small

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Infinitesmial

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(R)

Feeling of quiet pleasure or security

A

Complacency

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(R)

Photomechanical process of printing pictures

A

Rotogravure

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(R)

Leaving no opportunity for denial (adv. form)

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Peremptorily

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(R)

Dull or gloomy

A

Leaden

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(R)

Eye doctor

A

Oculist

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(R)

Entailing great expense or luxury

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Sumptuous

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(R)

Having the simplicity or serenity of rural areas

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Pastoral