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Diagnostic Flashcards

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Acrimonious

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Meeting or discussion in which people argue a lot and get angry.

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful - tends to be used in political/military context

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Abstemious

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Not doing things that give you pleasure, especially not eating good food or drinking alcohol. Abstain

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Accost

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To go towards someone you don’t know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way

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Alacrity

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Quickness and eagerness

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Altruistic

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Selfless. Caring ans helping other people even though it brings no advantage for one self

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Ameliorate

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To make a bad situation better or less harmful

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Amicable

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Behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly, often despite a difficult situation

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Anathema

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The complete opposite of what you believe in

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Anomaly

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Something that is noticeable because of how different it is from the usual

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Appellation

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A name or title

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Ardent

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Showing strong feelings about an activity and determination to succeed at it / showing strong feelings of love

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Artifice

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Clever trick to deceive someone

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Artless

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Simple, not wanting to deceive. Honesty, openess, sincerity.

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Avarice

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Extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions, greedy

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Belligerent

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Wishing to fight or argue

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Cache

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Number of things that have been hidden, especially weapons / the place where they have been hidden

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Cajole

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Persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and false promises

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Callous

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Unkind, cruel, without sympathy or feeling for other people

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Cant

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Statements, especially on religious and moral subjects, that are not sincerely believed by the person making them

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Capricious

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Changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly

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Caustic

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A chemical that burns and destroys things, especially anything made of living cells

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Celerity

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Speed

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Cogent

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Argument, reason that is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it. Easy to understand

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Complicity

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Involvement in a crime or some activity that is wrong. Taking part and getting involved

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Consternation

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A feeling of worry, shock or confusion

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Culpable

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Deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad

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Cursory

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Quick and not detailed

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Dearth

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An amount or supply that is not large enough. Inadequate

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Debris

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Broken or torn pieces of something larger

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Decadence

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Low moral standards and behaviour

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Decrepit

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Very bad condition due to being old or not being cared for, or being used a lot

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Derogatory

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Showing strong disapproval and not showing respect. Critical

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Desultory

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Without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest

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Detriment

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Harm or damage

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Diatribe

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Angry speech or piece of writing that severly criticizes someone or something

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Disparate

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Different in every way

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Disseminate

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To spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas to a lot of people

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Duress

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Threats used to force a person to do something

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Edifice

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A large, impressive building

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Efficacy

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The ability of something to produce the intended result

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Egregious

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Extremely bad in a way that is noticeable

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Elicit

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To get or produce something, especially information or reaction
”Elicit a response from them”

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Eschew

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To avoid something intentionally, or to give something up

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Euphemism

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A word or phrase used to avoid saying something unpleasant or offensive word, e.g. Let go instead of fired

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Evanescent

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Lasting only for a short time, then disappearing quickly and being forgotten. Short in time

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Exacerbate

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To make something that is bad even worse

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Exonerate

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To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something

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Expunge

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To rub off or remove information from a piece of writing, to cause something being forgotten. Removing/getting rid.

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Extol

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To praise something or someone very much

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Extortion

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The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats

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Fallacious

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Not correct

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Fastidious

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Giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect

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Foist

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To force someone to have or experience something unwanted or undesirable

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Fortuitous

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Not planned, happened by chance (to one’s own advantage/fortune)

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Fraught

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Filled with or likely to result in something bad.
Full of unpleasant things.
”Fraught with problems/difficulties”

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Garrulous

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Having the habit of talking a lot, especially about things that are not important

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Germane

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Suitable and acceptable

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Gregarious

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Liking to be with other people. Friendly

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Guile

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Clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone. Sly/devious

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Guise

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The appearance of someone or something, especially when intended to deceive

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Gullible

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Easily deceived or tricked, too willing to believe people

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Histrionics

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Very emotional and energetic behaviour that is not sincere and has no real meaning

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Ignominious

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Embarrasing because of being a complete failure (events or behaviour)

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Impeccable

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Perfect, no bad parts

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Importune

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To make repeated, forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or causing slight problems

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Impunity

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Freedom from punishment or from the unpleasant results of something that has been done

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Indolent

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Showing no real interest or effort

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Inebriated

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Not sober, drunk

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Inexorable

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Continuing without any possibility of being stopped. Inevitable/unstoppable

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Ingratiate

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To make someone like you by praising or trying to please them

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Insatiable

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Desire or need that can not be satisfied

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Internecine

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War or fighting happening between members of the same group, religion or country

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Intrepid

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Extremely brave, showing no fear of dangerous situations

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Inundate

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To give someone so much work ot so many things that they can’t deal with it all

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Inveigh

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To strongly criticize something or someone, disapprove

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Itinerant

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Travelling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period

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Jaunty

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Showing that you are happy and confident

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Juxtapose

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To put things that are not similar next to each other, to compare and highlight differences

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Lethargic

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Having little energy, feeling unwilling and unable to do anything, not willing to use effort or to work

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Lithe

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Young, healthy, attractive and able to move and bend smoothly

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Loathe

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To hate someone or something

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Lurid

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Shocking because involving violence, sex or immoral activity

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Malevolent

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Causing or wanting to cause harm or evil

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Maudlin

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Feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after having drunk a lot of alcohol

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Miscreant

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Someone who behaves badly or does not obey rules

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Myriad

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A very large number of something, a lot of choices

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Nascent

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Only recently formed or started but likely to grow larger quickly

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Nefarious

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Morally bad, wrong, evil activities

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Obliterate

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to remove all signs of something, by destroying it or covering it up

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Obloquy

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very strong public criticism or blame

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Ominous

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olycksbådande

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Ostentatious

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too obviously showing your money, possessions or power in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you

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Ostensible

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appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else

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Overt

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done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret

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Paroxysm

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a sudden and powerful expression of strong feeling, one that you can not control

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Parsimonious

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not willing to spend money or use a lot of something

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Paucity

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the fact that there is too little of something. scarce

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Penchant

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an enjoyment of, or habit of doing something that other people may not like

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Penury

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the state of being extremely poor

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Perfidious

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unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty. betrayal/dishonest

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Perfunctory

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done quickly without taking care or interest

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Peruse

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look at something and search

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Plethora

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a very large amount of something, usually an amount more than what you need, want or can deal with

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Poignant

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causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness

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Prescient

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knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future

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Proffer

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to offer something to someone, especially by holding it ou in your hand. offer advice or opinions

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Profligate

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spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise

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Promulgate

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to spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people

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Rapacious

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having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force

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Rebuke

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to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done

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Remuneration

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payment for work or services

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Repertoire

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all the music or plays, etc. that you can do or perform or that you know

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Risible

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so lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at

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Sanguine

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(of someone or someone’s character) positive and hoping for good things

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Scurrilous

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expressing unfair or false criticism that is likely to damage someone’s reputation

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Succinct

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said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words

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Sultry

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uncomfortably warm and with air that is slightly wet or attractive in a way that suggests sexual desire

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Tortuous

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with many turns and changes of direction; not direct or simple

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Trenchant

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severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions

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Ubiquitous

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seeming to be everywhere, omnipresent

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Unconscionable

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morally unacceptable

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