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English Vocab Flashcards

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Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

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Truculent; adj.

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Disguise or conceal (a feeling or intention)

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Dissembling; verb

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Prevent (someone) from accomplishing something

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Thwart; verb

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Not harmful or offensive.

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Innocuous; adj.

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Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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Altruistic; adj.

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Trick (someone) into doing something.

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Beguile; verb

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Ephemeral; fleeting.

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Volatile; adj.

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Unnecessary, esp. through being more than enough.

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Superfluous; adj.

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One who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain

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Stoic; adj.

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(of a person or their manner) Childishly sulky or bad-tempered

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Petulant; adj.

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Sleepy; drowsy.

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Somnolent; adj.

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Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

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Prudent; adj.

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Lasting only for a short time; impermanent

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Transient; adj.

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An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true

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Pretense; noun

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To shrink back in fear; cower

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Quail; verb

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Concerning each of two or more persons or things

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Reciprocal; adj.

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A state of alarm or dread; apprehension

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Trepidation; noun

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The act of defaming; calumny.

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Defamation; noun

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Innocent and unsuspecting

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Ingenuous; adj.

20
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Wide open

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Agape; adj.

21
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Proceeding from or taking place in a person’s mind rather than the external world; personal

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Subjective; adj.

22
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Producing abundant works or results

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Prolific; adj.

23
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The quality of being open and honest in expression; frankness

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Candor; noun

24
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a supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost; a specter or phantom; wraith

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Apparition; noun

25
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Having many curves and turns

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Sinuous; adj.

26
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Diverging from a previous course or line; erratic; unpredictable

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Tangential; adj.

27
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having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas

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Pastoral; adj.

28
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Stick fast to

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Cleave; verb

29
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A scene of uproar and confusion

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Bedlam; noun

30
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Humble submission and respect

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Deference; noun

31
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Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems

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Wary; adj.

32
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Present, appearing, or found everywhere

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Ubiquitous; adj.

33
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Superficially plausible, but actually wrong

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Specious; adj.

34
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Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial

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Contentious; adj.

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(of a person) Fond of company; sociable

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Gregarious; adj.

36
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Fat; bulky

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Corpulent; adj.

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A public speaker, esp. one who is eloquent or skilled.

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Orator; noun

38
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An inhabitant or occupant of a particular place

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Denizen; noun

39
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Experienced in the imagination through the feelings or actions of another person

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Vicarious; adj.

40
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Lacking in movement, action, or change, esp. in a way viewed as undesirable or uninteresting

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Static; adj.

41
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A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

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Tirade; noun

42
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Absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing, esp. after due consideration of the case

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Exonerate; adj.

43
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Lasting for a very short time

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Ephemeral; adj.

44
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(of a person) Open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled

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Amenable; adj.

45
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Contemptuous ridicule or mockery

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Derision; noun

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Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute

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Inherent; adj.

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