Flocabulary Myriad Flashcards by Dan Luu

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Obdurate

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Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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Travesty

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A grossly inferior imitation

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Abort

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To give up on a half-finished project or effort

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Sate

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To satisfy (an appetite) fully

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Exorbitant

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Excessive

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Ethereal

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Heavenly, exceptionally delicate or refined

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Aloof

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Reserved, distant

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Parody

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A satirical imitation

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere, widespread

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Compliment

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An expression of esteem or approval

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Submissive

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Easily yielding to authority

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Tragedy

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A disastrous event, or a work of art in which the hero meets a terrible fate

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Aggrandize

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To increase or make greater

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Anomaly

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Something that does not fit into the normal order

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Satiate

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To satisfy excessively

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Pulchritude

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Physical beauty

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Battery

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An assault or an array of similar things intended for use together

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Sagacious

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Shrewd, showing sound judgment

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Torrid

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Giving off intense heat, passionate

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Complicit

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Being an accomplice in a wrongful act

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Bard

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A poet, often a singer as well

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Veneer

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A superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, facade

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Cajole

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To urge, coax

Laceration

A cut, tear

Cursory

Brief to the point of being superficial

Foster

To stimulate, promote, encourage

Callous

Harsh, cold, unfeeling

Succinct

Marked by compact precision

Refrain

To hold oneself back, forbear

Brusque

Short, abrupt, dismissive

Hail

To come from

Akimbo

With hands on hips and elbows extending outward

Terrestrial

Relating to the land

Uncanny

Of supernatural character or origin

Winsome

Charming, attractive

Metamorphosis

A change of form, shape, substance

Brash

Hasty or lacking in sensitivity

Audacious

Excessively bold

Whet

To make more keen, stimulate

Espy

To catch sight of, glimpse

Supplant

To displace and substitute for another

Myriad

Consisting of a very great number

Celestial

Relating to the heveans

Pertinacious

Stubbornly persistent, holding to a belief or position

Credulity

Readiness to believe

Acute

Sharp, severe

Contusion

Bruise, injury

Incisive

Clear, sharp, direct

Brazen

Excessively bold, brash

Presumptuous

Disrespectfully bold

Swarthy

Of dark color of complexion

Ruddy

Having a healthy, reddish color