8-28 Vocab Flashcards

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Deft

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(adj.) skillful and quick in ones movement; demonstrating skill and cleverness
deftly (adv.)
SYN: adroit; adept; proficient; able
ANT: sluggish; clumsy; incapable

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Herald

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(n.) an official messenger bringing news; a sign that something is about to happen
SYN: messenger; courier; harbinger

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Lament

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(v.) to grieve over or regret deeply

lamentation (n)

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Squeamish

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(adj.) easily shocked or sickened
squeamishly (adv)
squeamishness (n)

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Cumbersome

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(adj.) hard o carry; bear; or manage;

Large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use.

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Tirade

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(n) a long; angry speech or criticism or denunciation

SYN: rant; diatribe

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Cursory

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(adj.) quick and not thorough; hasty so therefore not thorough or detailed.
cursorily (adj.)

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Animosity

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(n) open hatred; strong hostility

ANT: goodwill; friendship; love

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Brood

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(v) to think or worry persistently or moodily about something; fret
(n) a family of young animals produced or hatched at one time

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Bane

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(n) cause of ruin or harm; cause of great distress or annoyance

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Allay

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(v) to lesson or calm; to put at rest; assuage; diminish

ANT: increase; intensify

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Expedite

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(v) to speed up the process of; to make something happen or be accomplished more quickly
ANT: delay

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Fickle

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(adj.) having changeable or inconsistent feelings; changing frequently ones loyal ties it interests on affection.

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Query

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(n) a question

(v) or ask a question

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Ensue

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(v.) to come after, to result from.

ensuing (adj.)

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Quirk

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(n) some odd part of a persons behavior

quirky (adj.)

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Scrutiny

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(n.) close observation; careful watching and studying

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Shrewd

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(adj.) clever or having sharp powers of judgment of astute.

shwerdly (adv.)

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Haughty

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(adj.) proud in a snobby way.

ANT: humble

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Thwart

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(v) to keep from happening; to block or prevent

ANT: allow; facilitate

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Affront

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(v) to insult (n) an insult