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7-9 definitions Flashcards

1
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harsh or bitter in dispostion, speech, or manner

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acrimonious

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different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality

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anomalous

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3
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involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance

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arduous

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4
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irrelevant to the present topi; a nonessential part

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extraneous

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5
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unauthentic or fabricated

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factitious

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6
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involving untrue info that harms someones rep

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libelous

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7
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physically or morally harmful

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noxious

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8
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occurring or appearing after one’s death

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posthumous

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9
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lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit

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pusilanimous

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10
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given to complaining; full of complaints

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querulous

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11
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harsh-sounding or loud; rambunctious and rowdy

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raucous

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12
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taken or dome stealthily or secretly; unauthorized

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surruptitiously

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13
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turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to

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averse

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14
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showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or deccision

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circumspect

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15
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the elements or parts of; composed

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constituent

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16
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deserving blame

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culpable

17
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deprived of the barest necessities of life; living in absolute poverty

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destitute

18
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to reveal; to show plainly; to prove

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manifest

19
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observable without being concealed

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overt

20
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to make impossible by previous action; prevent

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preclude

21
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one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion

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recluse

22
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withdrawn from the world

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recluse

23
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in the mentioned order

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respectively

24
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a looking back on the past; a review of something past

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retrospect

25
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a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true

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tenet

26
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extravagent actions

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antics

27
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causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful

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baneful

28
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request or favor; a blessing

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boon

29
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government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively

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bureaucracy

30
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a person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur

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dilettante

31
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exhibiting unstable behavior

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flighty

32
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too bright or glaring; showy

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garish

33
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a long, noisy, or scolding speech

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harangue

34
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tearfully or effusively sentimental

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maudlin

35
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composed of various colors or elements

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motley

36
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one who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge; one who gives undue attention to the trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs

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pedant

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