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eng Flashcards

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indifferent

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adj lacking a preference

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obscure

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adj uncertain

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impartial

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adj unbiased

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ostentatious

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adj showing off

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contentious

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adj controversial

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reprove

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v to scold

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cursory

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adj hasty

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profligate

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adj extremely wasteful

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fracas

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n quarrel

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caricature

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n a satiric portrait or representation

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corroborate

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v to verify

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precarious

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adj uncertain

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expository

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adj explanatory

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bolster

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v to support or strengthen

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perceptive

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adj insightful

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superficial

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adj not thinking deeply, only at the surface

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prodigal

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adj wasteful

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deter

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v to prevent, especially by scaring off

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complacent

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adj smug or self-satisfied

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inherent

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adj belonging by nature or habit

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lucid

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adj easy to understand

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contempt

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n the feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect

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eloquent

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adj persuasive or expressive in speaking or writing

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virtue

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n behaviour showing high moral standards

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guile

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n sly or cunning intelligence

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censor

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v to examine and remove unacceptable parts (ex: publish a book)

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eccentric

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adj quirky or unusual

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conventional

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adj based on what is normally done/believed

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enigma

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n a person or thing that is mysterious, difficult to understand

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articulate

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adj to be able to speak well and fluently

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coherent

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adj logical and consistent

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apprehensive

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adj worried and fearful

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virulent

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adj very harmful or severe

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piety

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n quality of being religion or reverent

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pious

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adj very religious

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milieu

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n a person’s social environment

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resignation

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n acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable

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resolution

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n determination

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superlative

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of the highest quality or degree

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pernicious

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harmful esp in a subtle way

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pinnacle

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most successful point, peak

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repress

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subdue by force, supress

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avant-garde

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new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.

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mobius strip

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rectangle with one side twisted 180 degrees glued toghether

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glean

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to obtain (with difficulty)

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