All Vocabs Flashcards

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Listless

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Lacking energy or enthusiasm

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Wee

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very small

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Gargantuan

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enormous

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idiocy

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foolishness

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forlorn

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sad

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refurbish

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redecorate

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viable

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workable

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oversight

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mistake

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sobriety

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seriousness

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niggling

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trivial

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clemency

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mercy

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iterate

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repeat

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vitiate

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pollute

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pernicious

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destructive

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Loquacious

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tending to talk a great deal

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taciturn

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silent temperament , untalkative; disinclined to speak

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commiserate

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Expressing sympathy to someone because something upleasant happened to them.

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taunted

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To make fun of someone, to goad someone into responding often in an aggressive manner

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Despondency

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The loss of hope or confidence, despair or rejection, a feeling of depression or disheartenment

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Ensconced

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Placed in a secure environment. Settled commfortably.

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alacrity

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Eagerness, liveliness, enthusiasm.
Promptness, speed.

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repudiate

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To reject the truth or validity of something, to deny;
To refuse anything to do with, to disown;
To refuse to pay or honor (debt).

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encumbered

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Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

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Exculpated

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Freed from any question of guilt;
Absoveed, clear, cleared, exonerated, vindicated

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prompt

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Ready, willing to act; quick acting without delay; on time, punctual

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dread

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To fear greatly; to anticipate in fear

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formidable

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Causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality, commanding respect, causing wonder or astonishment

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imperative

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Essential;
Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables;
Of or relating tto the imparative mood

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semantics

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The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text.

The study of language meaning.