Day 6 Flashcards by Mike Qin | Brainscape

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querulous

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inclined to find fault

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flower

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to reach the best or most vigorous stage

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marshal

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to arrange in order

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elaborate

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detailed, carefully thorough

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lewd

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preoccupied with sex ans sexual desire

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hallowed

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made or set apart

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hefty

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heavy

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milestone

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an important event

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mortal

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subject to death

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ascertain

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to discover with certainty

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quixotic

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foolishly idealistic, unrealistic

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indelible

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incapable of being removed

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discern

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to perceive and understand

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garner

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to get or earn

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insight

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the power to sense or understand something

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slovenly

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careless about one’s appearance

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banal

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dull or stale, common

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robust

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strong, full of health

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indignation

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anger aroused by something unjust or evil

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contagious

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transmissible by direct or indirect contact

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plausible

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appearing worthy of belief

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hypothesis

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a tentative explanation

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exude

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to give off, to emit

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novel

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new

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auspicious

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marked by favorable circumstances

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luminous

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emitting light

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indiscriminate

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unselective, random

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momento

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a reminder or a souvenir

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transient

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passing with time

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integrity

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moral or artistic honesty, strength of chracter

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stifle

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to suffocate or smother

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empirical

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based on experience rather than a theory

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best

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to defeat

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dismay

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to destroy courage or resloution

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laconic

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brief in speech

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discreet

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careful about what one sats or does

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catastrophe

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disaster

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reverberate

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to reecho

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excrete

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to separate

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matrix

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a surrounding substance within which something else originates or is contains

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scorn

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a feeling of contempt

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obsequious

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showing too great a willingness to serve

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amicable

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showing friendliness or good will

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narcissistic

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excessively interested in one’s own apppearance

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contiguous

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sharing a common boundary

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desolate

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left alone

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own

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to admit

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giddy

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dizzy, lightheaded

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malfeasance

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wrongdoing

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equanimity

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evenness of temper