4 Gossip Girl Flashcards
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Bolster
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Support something physical or support a claim
1
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Adulation
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Flattery praise
2
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Capricious
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Impulsive unpredictable, a person who always changes their mind
3
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Congenial
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Friendly
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Contentious
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Argumentative
5
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Destitute
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Poor
6
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Disdain
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Utter scorn
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Disputatious
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Argumentative
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Dogmatic
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Overly authoritative
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Dour
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Gloomy
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Egregious
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Flagrant or especially bad
11
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Entrenched
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Deeply settled
12
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Equanimity
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Composure under stress
13
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Exculpate
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Clear someone from guilt
14
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Exonerate
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Clear someone from guilt
15
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Facetious
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Sarcastic or humorous
16
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Fickle
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Inconsistent or constantly changing
17
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Founder
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To fail
18
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Genteel
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Aristocratic or sophisticated
19
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Grandiloquent
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Using big sophisticated words pompously
20
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Grandiose
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Ludicrously grand
21
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Impeccable
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Flawless or perfect
22
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Indifferent
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Ambivalent
23
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Insidious
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Negative thing that develops slowly
24
Intermittent
Occasional
25
Lithe
Flexible
26
Malaise
Feeling of mental or physical despair
27
Martyr
Someone who sacrifices himself fora cause
28
Misanthropic
Hating others or despising people in general
29
Miser
Scroogy person with cheap tendencies
30
Mishap
Unfortunate accident
31
Mitigate
Lessen the severity of something
32
Monotonous
Boring or predictable
33
Munificent
Generous and giving
34
Nominal
By name or title only, insignificant
35
Odious
Contemptible or loathsome
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Opportunistic
Ambitious in a greedy selfish way
37
Patrician
Aristocrat or nobleman
38
Pensive
Contemplative
39
Philanthropy
Generosity
40
Plight
A difficult or precarious situation
41
Polarize
Cause to split up, to break up into opposing factions
42
Pretentious
Self important
43
Prodigious
In great quantity, amazing
44
Propensity
Strong preference
45
Propriety
Proper behavior or decorum
46
Proscribe
Prohibit
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Recalcitrant
Stubborn, defiant
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Relegate
Banish or exile someone to an unpleasant place
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Sordid
Vile dirty or filthy, figuratively
