Deck 1 Flashcards

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Conspicuous

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ObviousKnown

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Impecunious

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PoorHas no money

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Unprepossessing

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Not attractiveI appealing

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Impenitent

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Not feeling shame or regret

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Succumb

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SurrenderSubmitGive up

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Alienated

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Cause someone to feel isolated or different

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Prodigal

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Wastefully spends money.

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Improvident

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CarelessProdigal

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Pertinent

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RelevantAppropriate

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Precarious

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UncertainInsecure

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12
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Acquiescent

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Submissive Ready to do anything

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Obsequious

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ObedientServile

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Cannily

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FrugalCautious in spending money

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Diminutive

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Very small Insignificant

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Aberration

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Away from the normal

17
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Altercation

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A noisy argument or disagreement

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Effete

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Exhausted Incapable of work

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Zephyr

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Gentle breeze

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Marginal

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PeripheralEdge of something

21
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Moribund

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DeclineLeading to death

22
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Constructive

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UsefulBuild up

23
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Dilettante

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Interested in the arts

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Altruism

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Unselfish

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Obscure

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Hidden ConcealDark