Derivatives #26-50 Flashcards

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Incandescent

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Adj

Very bright, shining brightly

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Furtive

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Shifty, stealthy, acting like a thief, surreptitious

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Incantation

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Noun

Spell, ritual recitation of charms

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Incipient

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Adj

Just beginning, in an early stage

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Indelicate

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Adj

Corse, tactless, tasteless

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Indiscreet

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Adj

Lacking discretion, imprudent, injudicious

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Ineffable

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Adj

Cannot be spoken, indescribable

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Innate

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Adj

In born, natural, inherent

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Insipid

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Adj, rude, impertinent

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Insolent

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Adj- arrogant, rude

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Irrevocable

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Adj, unable to change, irreversible

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Legion

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Adj, many, numerous

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Limpid

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Adj, clear, transparent, intelligible

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Machinations

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N, intrigue, plot, schemes

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Mercurial

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Adj, capricious, shifty, moody

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Munificent

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Adj, very generous

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Nuance

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N, subtlety

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Ominous

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Adj- foreboding; portending evil or harm

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Paragon

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N- a model or pattern of excellence

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Paramount

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Adj- of great importance

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Perfunctory

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Adj- done in a routine fashion; hasty; superficial

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Polemic

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N- attack; rant

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Precipitous

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Adj- dangerously high or steep; done suddenly and without care

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Predilection

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N- fondness

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Prodigious

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Adj- remarkably impressive; enormous; huge