Adjectives 4 Flashcards

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly defiant of authority or control

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Redundant

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Repetitive, unnecessary

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Relevant

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Important to the matter at hand; pertinent

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Reprehensible

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Worthy of blame; disgraceful

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Resolute

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Firm, determined, unwavering in the face of challenges or obstacles

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Reticent

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Restrained, uncommunicative

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Rigorous

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Strict, harsh, severe

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Saccharine

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Overly sweet or flattering

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Sage

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Wise or knowledgeable, usually from experience

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Scanty

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Inadequate, minimal

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Scrupulous

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Strict or careful in ethical sense

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Servile

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Submissive and subservient

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Skeptical

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Doubting

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Solemn

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Grave, serious

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Static

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Stationary or unmoving

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Stoic

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Outwardly indifferent to circumstances, especially to bad or challenging times

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Stringent

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Strict or restrictive

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Subtle

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Not obvious; also, able to make fine distinctions

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Supercilious

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Haughty, insultingly patronizing

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Superficial

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On the surface only; shallow; not thorough

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Taciturn

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Untalkative by nature

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Tangible

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Touchable, not imagined or figurative

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Tedious

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Boring, overly detailed for no reason

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Temperate

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Moderate or restrained

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Tenacious
Dogged or determined in the pursuit of an objective
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Tentative
Temporary; uncertain; experimental
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Timid
Shy, afraid of attention
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Uniform
Consistent throughout; the same for everyone or in every situation
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Unprecedented
Happening for the first time; never seen before
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Vehement
Strong, urgent, passionate
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Verbose
Wordy, overly talkative
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Virulent
Malignant, malicious, full of hate
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Volatile
Highly unstable, explosive
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Voluminous
Very large, spacious
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Willful
Deliberate, obstinate, insistent on having one's own way
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Zealous
Enthusiastically devoted to a cause or idea