Barrons 1 Flashcards
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Fractious
adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious
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Fresco
n. a painting done on plaster
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Froward
adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient
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Fulminate
v. to attack loudly; denounce
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Fulsome
adj. so excessive as to be disgusting
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Gainsay
v. to deny; dispute; oppose
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Gambol
v. to frolic; leap playfully
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Gauche
adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy
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Glib
adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand
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Gossamer
adj. sheer; light and delicate, like cobwebs
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Gradiloquent
adj. pompous; bombastic
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Gregarious
adj. sociable
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Grouse
v. to complain; n. complaints
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Guileless
adj. free of cunning or deceit; artless
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Halcyon
adj. calm and peaceful; happy; golden; prosperous
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Harrowing
adj. extremely distressing; terrifying
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Hermetic
adj. tightly seald; magical
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Homeostasis
n. automatic maintenance by an organism of normal temperature
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Idolatry
n. idol worship; blind or excessive devotion
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Igneous
adj. produced by fire; volcanic
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Imbroglio
n. complicated situation; an entanglement
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Immutable
adj. unchangeable
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Impecunious
adj. poor; having no money
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Impervious
adj. impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected