GreWords7 Flashcards

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cant

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insincere statement

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fitful

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irregular

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fractious

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irritable, stubborn

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emulous

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jealous, envious

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jocose

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joking

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facetious

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joking, sarcastic

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mirth

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joy, amusement, laughter

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conflagration

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large destructive fire

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licentious

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lawless, immoral

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indolent

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lazy

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dregs

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leftover

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extenuating

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less serious

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missive

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letter

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goassamer

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light, flimsy

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dialectic

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logical discussion

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harangue

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long speech

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menial

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low, degrading

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nadir

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lowest point

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fealty

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loyalty, devotionfebrile

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lascivious

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lustful or lewd

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mendacious

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lying, false

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gait

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manner of walking

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mien

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manner, bearing

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hogwash

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meaningless or insincere talk

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confluent
merging, flowing together
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miscegnation
mixture of races, especially through marriage
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meteoric
momentarily dazzling, swift
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decadence
moral deterioration
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dolorous
mournful, sad
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orifice
mouth, opening
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centrifugal
moving away from center
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enigmatic
mysterious, muzzling
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myopic
nearsighted, having a limited point of view
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dither
nervously eccited or confused
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folderol
nonsense
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ineffable
not able to be descrived
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deciduous
not permanent
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docile
obedient
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extemporaneous
offhand, done without preparation
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fiat
official order
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emissary
one sent on a special mission
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malcontent
one who is dissatisfied
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libertine
one who leads an immoral life
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malingerer
one who pretends to be sick to avoid work
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firebrand
one who stirs up a revolution
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interlocutor
one who takes part in a conversation
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denouement
outcome, result
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enormity
outragous and immoral act
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cadaverous
pale. Ghastly. Corpselike
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forbearance
patience, restraint
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caesura
Pause
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obscurant
person who tries to prevent the spread of knowledge
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connubial
pertaining to marriage
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estival
pertaining to summer
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corporeal
pertaining to the body
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fugacious
pertaining to the passing of time
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jaundiced
pertaining to yellow skin OR prejudiced
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dais
platform
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debonair
pleasant, courteous
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gallant
polite, noble
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insincere statement
cant
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irregular
fitful
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irritable, stubborn
fractious
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jealous, envious
emulous
66
joking
jocose
67
joking, sarcastic
facetious
68
joy, amusement, laughter
mirth
69
large destructive fire
conflagration
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lawless, immoral
licentious
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lazy
indolent
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leftover
dregs
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less serious
extenuating
74
letter
missive
75
light, flimsy
goassamer
76
logical discussion
dialectic
77
long speech
harangue
78
low, degrading
menial
79
lowest point
nadir
80
loyalty, devotionfebrile
fealty
81
lustful or lewd
lascivious
82
lying, false
mendacious
83
manner of walking
gait
84
manner, bearing
mien
85
meaningless or insincere talk
hogwash
86
merging, flowing together
confluent
87
mixture of races, especially through marriage
miscegnation
88
momentarily dazzling, swift
meteoric
89
moral deterioration
decadence
90
mournful, sad
dolorous
91
mouth, opening
orifice
92
moving away from center
centrifugal
93
mysterious, muzzling
enigmatic
94
nearsighted, having a limited point of view
myopic
95
nervously eccited or confused
dither
96
nonsense
folderol
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not able to be descrived
ineffable
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not permanent
deciduous
99
obedient
docile
100
offhand, done without preparation
extemporaneous
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official order
fiat
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one sent on a special mission
emissary
103
one who is dissatisfied
malcontent
104
one who leads an immoral life
libertine
105
one who pretends to be sick to avoid work
malingerer
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one who stirs up a revolution
firebrand
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one who takes part in a conversation
interlocutor
108
outcome, result
denouement
109
outragous and immoral act
enormity
110
pale. Ghastly. Corpselike
cadaverous
111
patience, restraint
forbearance
112
Pause
caesura
113
person who tries to prevent the spread of knowledge
obscurant
114
pertaining to marriage
connubial
115
pertaining to summer
estival
116
pertaining to the body
corporeal
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pertaining to the passing of time
fugacious
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pertaining to yellow skin OR prejudiced
jaundiced
119
platform
dais
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pleasant, courteous
debonair
121
polite, noble
gallant