451-475 Flashcards
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Glib
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Easy and fluent in conversation or writing
2
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Subtle
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Not immediately obvious; hard to understand
3
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Scurry
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To move with light running steps
4
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Tenuous
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Weak;thin
5
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Rabble
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A noisy crowd; the lowest, coarsest class of people
6
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Glutton
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One who eats too much
7
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Frenetic
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Wildly excited or active
8
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Forthright
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Direct and without evasion; honest
9
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Nominal
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Appearing in name only; negligible or of low amount
10
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Savant
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A well-educated person; a scholar
11
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Coerce
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To force by threat or intimidation
12
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Prescient
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Knowing things before they occur
13
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Concise
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Brief and to the point
14
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Opaque
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Not letting in light; unintelligible
15
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Excise
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To remove by as if by cutting