Adjectives Flashcards

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Vacuous

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Lack of content or ideas, stupid

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Cogent

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Intellectually convincing

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Vociferous

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Loud, boisterous

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Assiduous

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Hard-working, diligent

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Insipid

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Dull, boring

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Pernicious

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Extremely destructive or harmful

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Glib

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Good at speaking quickly, cleverly, and in a way that is likely to persuade people, whether speaking the truth or not.
Example: he has got a glib tongue.

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Contumacious

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Stubbornly disobedient, rebellious

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Fetid

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Having a foul odor

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage and resolution

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Ebullient

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Extremely lively, enthusiastic

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Perfidious

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Disloyal, unfaithful

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Presumptuous

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Disrespectfully bold

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Obstreperous

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Noisy, unruly

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Seraphic

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Angelic, sweet

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Trite

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Not original, overused

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Amorous

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Showing love, particularly sexual

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Ostensible

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Stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

20
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Pellucid

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Easily intelligible, clear

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Salubrious

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Sth that is good for you or is beneficial to mind or body

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Egregious

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Extremely bad

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Solipsistic

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Believing that oneself is all that exists

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Phlegmatic

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Uninterested, unresponsive

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Abstruse
Hard to comprehend
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Apocryphal
Fictitious, false, wrong
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Soporific
Causing sleep or lethargy
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Multifarious
Having great diversity or variety
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Punctilious
Eager to follow rules or conventions
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Facile
Easy, requiring little effort, superficial
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Perfunctory
Showing little interest or enthusiasm
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Imperturbable
Not disturbed or excited easily
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Recalcitrant
Defiant, unapologetic
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Specious
Seems correct or true, but actually wrong or false; deceptive
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Sagacious
Intelligent, showing good judgment
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Taciturn
Silent, not talkative
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Loquacious
Talkative or chatty
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Myopic
Lacking foresight, having a narrow view or long-range perspective
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Cognizant
Having knowledge or awareness
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Indefatigable
Incapable of defeat, failure, decay
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Surly
Rude and bad-tempered
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Clandestine
Secret