Deck 5 Flashcards by Precious Siddiquee | Brainscape

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Jaunt

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Short pleasure trip

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Whet

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Sharpen

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Recuperate

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Get better after illness

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Nettle

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Annoy

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Jaundiced

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Cynical Pessimistic

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Elusive

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Hard to pin down

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Pallid

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Lacking color

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Languid

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Fatigued or weak

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Invective

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Sharp criticism

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Inure

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To become accustomed to something through experiencing it a lot

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Insidious

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Appealing but harmful

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Ingenuous

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Innocent and candid

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Inexorable

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Incapable of being changed or halted

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Ineffable

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Unspeakable

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Inchoate

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Unformed; immature; developing

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Implacable

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Incapable of being appeased

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Impinge

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To impactMake an impression

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Impertinent

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Rude Insolent

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Impervious

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Not affected by

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Imperious

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Commanding

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Impassive

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Serious No emotion No suffering

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Ignominy

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Disgrace Dishonor

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Hegemony

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Domination over others

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Harangue

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A ranting speech

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Hapless

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Unlucky

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Grandiloquence

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Pompous language