Easy 1 Flashcards
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fallibility
A
ability to make mistakes
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impetuousness
A
impulsiveness
3
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iniquity
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wickedness
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ferocity
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intense violence
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obdurate
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stubborn
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extradite
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deport
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magnanimity
A
generosity
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elude
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evade, dodge
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circumscribe
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encircle, confine, or set limits on.
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portend
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be a sign or warning that is likely to happen, omen
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carapace
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protective or disguising shell
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assailant
A
attacker
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repast
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meal
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jocular
A
jolly, amusing
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profligate
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wildly extravagant,
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incessant
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uninterrupted” or “continual
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unremitting
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uninterrupted” or “continual
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assiduous
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diligent
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veil
A
to conceal or hide
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obscure
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to conceal or hide
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vaunt
A
to brag” or “to boast”
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ulterior
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concealed or unsaid
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caustically (caustic)
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capable of burning
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caustic
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sarcasim
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eloquent
expressive
26
patently
obviously
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drearily
discouraging
28
disconcerting
disturbing
29
hackneyed
overused
30
vagaries
whims
31
disaffected
resentful, dissatisfied
32
contemporaries
People who lived during the same time period
33
impecunious
broke, poor
34
insolvent
penniless, broke, bankrupt
35
acclaim
priase
36
fulminate
denouce strongly
37
equivocate
purposefully ambiguous language
38
prominence
fame
39
affluence
great wealth
40
calamitous
disastrous, catastrophic
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preponderance
great amount
42
lascivious
lustful
43
pervasive
widespread
44
picayune
Insignificant or worthless
45
laconic
decline to talk
46
desultory
lacking purpose
47
indolent
lazy
48
frolicsome
playful
49
prosaic
uncreative," "uninteresting," or "bland
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vapid
uncreative," "uninteresting," or "bland
51
ardent
passionant
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dour
stern
53
restive
impatient" or "restless
54
immutability
inability to change,"
55
obviate
Prevent, hinder, block
56
innocuous
harmless
57
pernicious
harmful
58
deleterious
harmful
59
immaterial
unimportanat
