Deck 10 Flashcards

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Conciliatory

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Making or willing to make concessions; flexible

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Levity

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A inappropriate manner lacking seriousness; light-heartedness

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Mirth

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Great merriment; gleeful

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Implacable

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Incapable of being placated; unsatisfied

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Hapless

A

Deserving or inciting pity; pitiful

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Piecemeal

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One thing at a time; step-by-step

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Adroit

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Quick or skillful in action or thought

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Munificent

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Very generous

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9
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Quotidian

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Found in the ordinary course of events; mundane

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Bungling

A

Showing lack of skill or aptitude; incompetent

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Visceral

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Relating to deep inward feelings rather than intellect; instinctual

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Soporific

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Tending to induce drowsiness or sleep; sedative

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Anodyne

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Not likely to provoke dissent or offense; deliberately inoffensive

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Giddy

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Excited to the point of dizziness; lightheaded

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Anomalous

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Deviating from what is standard or expected; abnormal

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Dandled

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To move a baby up and down in a playful or affectionate way

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Craven

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Contemptibly lacking in courage; cowardly

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Contrived

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Deliberately created rather than arising naturally; forced

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Parochial

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Relating to the church; having a narrow outlook

20
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Chasten

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Having a restraining order moderating effect; subdue

21
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Borne

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Carried or transported; to bear