C22 Vocab 2 Flashcards

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1
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor

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Austere

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2
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healthily plump and vigorous

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Buxom

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3
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a soft partly suppressed laugh

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Chortle

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4
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heedful of potential consequences

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Circumspect

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5
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fear resulting from the awareness of danger

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Consternation

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6
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lacking social polish

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Gauche

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7
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not subject or susceptible to change or variation

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Immutable

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8
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incapable of being appeased or pacified

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Implacable

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9
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impossible to subdue or overcome

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Indomitable

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10
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to gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

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Ingratiate

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characterized by jokes and good humor

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Jocose

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12
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noble and generous in spirit

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Magnanimous

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13
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gloomily or sullenly ill-humored

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Morose

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14
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exceedingly harmful

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Pernicious

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15
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showing impatient irritation

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Petulant

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16
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a predisposition in favor of something

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Predilection

17
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a predisposition in favor of something

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Prodigious

18
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tough and callous by virtue of experience

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Pugnacious

19
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confidently optimistic and cheerful

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Sanguine

20
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disdainfully or ironically humorous

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Sardonic

21
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located or applied under the skin

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Subcutaneous

22
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in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation

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Torpid

23
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defiantly aggressive

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Truculent

24
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unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating

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Unctuous

25
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marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

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Vehement