Batch 2 Flashcards

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Parietal

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College-related; (or walls of part of a cavity, parietal bone)

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2
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Saturnine

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Gloomy, cold & steady, sardonic

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3
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Pavonine

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Resembling a peacock

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4
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Blasé

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Apathetic

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5
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Quiescent

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Marked by inactivity or repose

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Pugnacious

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Having a quarrelsome or combative nature

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Languid

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Sluggish, droopy, weak

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8
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Diminutive

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Small

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9
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Phlegmatic

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Having or showing a slow and stolid (calm) temperament

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Stolid

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Having or expressing little or no sensibility

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Eminent

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A famous or respected person

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12
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Execrable

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Downright detestable, extremely bad or unpleasant

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Eclectic

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Deriving ideas, style or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources

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Bombastic

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Speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means

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