Gregmat vocab Flashcards by Madi lore

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Craven

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Cowardly

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Banal

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Boring, unoriginal

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Ingenuous

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Naive

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Diatribe

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Bitter speech, think dictator

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Demur

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Hesitate/say no, object

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Incredulous

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Doubtful

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Ameliorate

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Reduce, not eliminate

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Audacious

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Courageous but will likely fail

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Caustic

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Derisive

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Decorum

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Propriety, considered time be correct in terms of rules or behavior

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Castigate

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Criticize

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Ambivalent

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Mixed

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Avaricious

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Greedy

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Contrite

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Remorseful

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Alacrity

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Eagerly, brisk and cheerful readiness

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Desiccate

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Remove water

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Candid

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Direct, honest

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Capricious

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Unpredictable, especially for moods or behaviors

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Flout

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Go against

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Didactic

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Talk down, condescending

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Taciturn

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Quiet, reserved in speech

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Belies

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Opposite relation, masks, contradicts

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Cerebral

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Deep, relating to the brain

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Quixotic

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Idealistic, don quixote

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Obsequious

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Always agreeing, sycophantic

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Insipid

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Not interesting, dry

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Deified

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God like, deeply respected

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Proclivity

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Tendency

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Amorphous

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No shape, vague

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Puerile

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Childish

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Austere

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Simple, think monks

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Congenial

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Friendly

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Spendthrift

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Spend money, prodigal, wastefully extravagant

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Cursory

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Ill-conducted, quick, not careful

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Feasible

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Practical

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Deference

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Respect, reverence

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Burgeoned

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Rapidly ballooned

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Antipathy

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Loathing, hatred

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Equivocating

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Deflecting

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Fallacious

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Fallacy, full of holes

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Artless

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Simple, naive, unskilled

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Chicanery

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Deceitful

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Censured

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Scolded

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Bucolic

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Countryside, rustic

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Desultory

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Random

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Prodigal

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Extravagant, wastes money

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Dilatory

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Sluggish, slow

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Assuaged

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Mitigated, decreased

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Contend

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Assert, say strongly

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Ascetic

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Austere, simple, severe self-discipline and abstention from indulgence

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Canonized

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Glorified, think highly