Deck 3 Flashcards by Precious Siddiquee | Brainscape

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Obdurate

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Stubborn

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Platitude

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Common Cliche

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Miser

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Saves moneyCheapScrooge

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Charlatan

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A fraud

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Nonchalant

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Calm and relaxed

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Fastidious

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Very meticulous

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Tentatively

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Not certain or fixed

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Euphoria

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Extreme happiness

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Prudent

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Very careful

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Lament

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To mourn Something bad happened

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Deplored

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Something bad happened

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Unprecedented

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Didn’t happen before

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Vicissitude

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Unwelcome change, bad luck

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Vicarious

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Experiencing through another

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Vacuous

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Lack of content or ideas

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Temerity

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Audacity Recklessness

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Tacit

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Expressed without words

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Sanctimonious

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Making a show of moral superiority; negative sense

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Salient

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Significant Conspicuous

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Sacrosanct

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HolySomething that shouldn’t be criticized

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Reproved

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To scold

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Reprobate

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Evil Unprincipled

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Replete

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FullAbundant

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Proclivity

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Strong inclination toward something

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Probity

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Virtue Integrity

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Prescient

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Foreseeing future