Blue Words Flashcards by Kevin Zhao | Brainscape

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Dalliance

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Dawdling, a trifling of time

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Fastidious

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Excessively particular, hard to please

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Disparaging

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Tending to belittle

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Pragmatism

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Character or conduct that emphasizes practicality

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Sedulous

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Persevering, assiduous

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Temporize

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Procrastinate

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Futility

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Uselessness

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Petulant

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Bad-tempered, irritable

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Vacuity

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Lack of though or intelligence, empty-headedness

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Boorish

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Unmannered, crude, insensitive

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Treacle

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Unrestrained sentimentality

Ex: a movie plot of the most shameless treacle

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Cursory

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Hasty, superficial

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Prosaic

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Commonplace, dull

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Ineffable

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Inexpressible
Or
Unutterable

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Consummate

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Fulfill, complete

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Fidelity

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Strict observances of promises and rules

Ex: a servant’s fidelity

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Eulogy

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A speech or writing praising someone, usually the dead

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Censure

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Strong or vehement expression of disapproval

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Concord

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Agreement between people, groups

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Propensity

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A natural tendency

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Intermittent

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Alternately ceasing and beginning again

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Idiosyncratic

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Something peculiar to an individual