91-120 Flashcards by Carolyn Sidoti | Brainscape

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Brazen

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Impudent; Shameless

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Ambulatory

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Relating to or adapter for walking

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Din

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A loud unpleasant and prolonged noise

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Ennui

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A feeling of weariness from boredom

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Exonerate

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To absolve from pain or wrongdoing

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Inscrutable

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Mysterious

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Prognosticate

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To forecast or predict

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Schism

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A split or division into two parties or characteristics

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Sedition

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Resisting authority

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Wizened

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Wrinkled or shriveled with age

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Austere

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Strict

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Corpulent

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Obese

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Derisive

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Insulting

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Effeminate

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A man with feminine traits

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Jocund

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Cheerful and merry

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Manifest

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Clear or obvious to the eye or mind

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Ostentatious

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Conspicuous; Flamboyant

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or hopefull

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Strident

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Shrill; creaking

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Vehement

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Passionate

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Elegiac

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Mournful

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Fecund

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Productive

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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or by chance

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Infirmity

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Physical or mental weakness

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Malady

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A disease or ailment

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Nuance

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A subtle difference or distinction

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Profligate

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Recklessly extravagant or waste less in the use of resources

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Remonstrance

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A forcefully reproachful protest

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Scintillate

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Twinkle

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Vitiate

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Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of