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Adjectives 2 Flashcards

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Diffident

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Timid; lacking in self-confidence

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Diligent

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Hardworking

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Disparate

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Different, varied; often with a connotation of incompatible

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Dispassionate

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Without emotion, neutral

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Diverse

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Varied

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Dogmatic

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Arrogantly or overconfidently claiming the truth of unproved ideas, or claiming that a belief system is beyond dispute

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Dubious

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Doubtful or uncertain

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Eccentric

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Unconventional, irregular

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Elaborate

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A result of great effort and attention detail, intricate

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Elusive

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Hard to capture or pin down, can mean evasive

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived, fleeting, temporary

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Esoteric

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Hard to understand, cryptic

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Exemplary

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Setting a superior example, outstanding

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Exhaustive

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Very thorough and complete, with great attention to detail

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Expedient

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Meeting an immediate need; also, self-serving or granting immediate advantage

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Extraneous

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Irrelevant, extra, unnecessary

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Fallacious

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False

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Fanatical

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Extremely devoted to or passionate about a cause or idea

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Fastidious

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Meticulous; insistent on attention to detail

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Fickle

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Not faithful or consistent; unpredictable

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Flagrant

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Shocking or outrageous violation of a custom, expectation, rule, or law

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Fortuitous

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Luckily coincidental; accidentally advantageous

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Frivolous

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Not serious; with levity; inconsequential

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Furtive

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Secretive, trying to remain hidden

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Futile

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Hopeless, without effect or result

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Gullible

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Overly trusting; willing to believe anything

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Hackneyed

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Overused, trite

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Hedonistic

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Pleasure seeking, overly indulgent

30
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Hypothetical

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Unproven, used as a theoretical example for the purpose of discussion

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