Chapters 1-11 Flashcards

1
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Vapid

A

Someone or something that is uninteresting or lacking flavor

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2
Q

Malevolent

A

Someone or something that is harmful or evil

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3
Q

Condescended

A

To talk to someone with an attitude of superiority or looking down on others

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4
Q

Indigenous

A

Someone or something native to an area

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5
Q

Vexations

A

Things that cause you to be annoyed or distressed

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6
Q

Predilection

A

A tendency toward something, preference

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7
Q

Entailment

A

Law that limits the inheritance of property

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8
Q

Repertoire

A

Skills or remembered performance of a particular person

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9
Q

Contemptuous

A

Someone full of hatred for someone or something

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10
Q

Auspicious

A

Favorable, successful

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11
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Amiable

A

Someone or something that is likeable, kind, or good-natured

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12
Q

Tacit

A

Understood or implied without being openly said or shown

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13
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Asinine

A

Silly, stupid, ridiculous

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14
Q

Perpetrated

A

Something carried out or acted

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15
Q

Probate

A

Process of proving that a will is valid

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16
Q

Wary

A

Watchful or cautious

17
Q

Guilessness

A

Honesty, innocence

18
Q

Trousseau

A

Clothes, jewelry of a bride

19
Q

Vehemently

A

Passionately

20
Q

Reconnaissance

A

Preliminary actions before taking military work, survey

21
Q

Undulate

A

Move in a gentle, rolling, wave-like motion

22
Q

Cantankerous

A

Someone who is bad tempered, grumpy

23
Q

Taciturn

A

Someone who doesn’t say much