9/17/18 Words Flashcards by Maddie Yee | Brainscape

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Oblique

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(adj)

Indirect

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Apex

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(n)

the higest part of something; peak; pinnacle

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Impervious

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Adj

incapable of being affected by; impenetrable

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Valorous

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Adj

courageous; brave

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Suffuse

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V

to spread throughout

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Privy

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Adj

sharing in the knowledge of

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Guffaw

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(v)

to laugh boisterously

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Morosely

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Adv

gloomily, depressingly

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Rebuff

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(v)

reject; decline

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Disingenuous

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Adj

insincere; dishonest

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Coy

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(adj) making a pretence of shyness or modesty OR reluctant to give details

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Obduracy

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(n)

stubbornness

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Bellicosely

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ADV

aggressively; hostilely

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Cower

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V

to crouch down in fear

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Palliate

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(v)

to soothe / ease

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