"advanced" words Flashcards
1
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prosaic
A
lacking imagination
2
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expansive
A
communicative; prone to talking
3
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truculent
A
having a fierce, savage nature
4
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saturnine
A
morose, gloomy
5
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lascivious
A
lecherous; sexually perverted
6
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feckless
A
lazy and irresponsible
7
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perfunctory
A
done routinely; with little interest or care
8
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penurious
A
lacking money; poor; miserly
9
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arrant
A
complete and wholly
10
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alacrity
A
an eager willingness to do something
11
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fractious
A
irritable; likely to cause destruction
12
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vicissitude
A
change in circumstances (for the worse)
13
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defray
A
to help pay the cost of
14
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apogee
A
the highest point
15
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factious
A
produced by internal dissension (think FACTION)
