Eighth 50 Flashcards by Kareem Ragab

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Avarice

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greedy af

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Doctrine

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set of beliefs taught by a church or political party

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Judicious

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good judgment

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Cynical

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motivated by self-interest

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Indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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Jettison

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drop from a plane or ship

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Propagate

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spread and promote

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Blight

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to wreck or ruin

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Apposite

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appropriate for the circumstances

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Germane

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relevant to a subject or applicable

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Irascible

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irritable

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Pugnacious

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ready to fight like a PUG

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Fitfully

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intermittently

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Feckless

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lacking strength in character like a mama’s boy

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Punctiliousness

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showing attention to detail i.e. meticulous

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Scintillating

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sparkling or shining brightly

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Veracious

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speaking the truth!

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Clangorous

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loud banging or ringing noises

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Tepid

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lukewarm or unenthusiastic

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Dubious

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doubtful or hesitant

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Precocious

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when a child develops traits early

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Impecunious

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broke af $$$

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Abstruse

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hard to understand ???

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Hortatory

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to inspire or try to persuade

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Extant

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still in existence

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Precarious

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not securely held in position

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Boon

A

something helpful or beneficial

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Beholden

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indebted to someone

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Erroneous

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wrong

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Preeminence

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superiority or supremacy

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Beguile

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to trick someone

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Prescient

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showing knowledge of events before they happen

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Shirk

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to ignore

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Tactless

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insensitive asshole

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Fortuitous

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happening on accident

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Serendipity

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events happening in a fortunate way

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Pretension

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claim or assertions

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Coalescing

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to unite or merge

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Heterodox

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unorthodox or not normal

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Scanty

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insufficient in quantity

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Outmoded

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old fashioned

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Disparate

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different

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Quotidian

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occurring every day

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Panacea

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solution or remedy think PENICILLIN

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Herald

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a sign that something is about to happen i.e harbinger

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Kindred

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family or related

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Prolix

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too wordy bruh

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Ideologues

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not compromising in their ideology

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Prodigious

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huge in size or amount