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Group 8 Flashcards

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1
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Hapless

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Unlucky, Unfortunate

Happy-Less

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Hobbled

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Walk in a weird way

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Churlish

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rude in a mean-spirited and surly way

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Clement

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Merciful, mild weather

Clementimes, you eat clementines gently and also in gentle weather to prevent colds in bad weather

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Protracted

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lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

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Preeminent

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surpassing all others; very distinguished in some way. (Greatest)

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Truckle

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Act in an obedient way (obsequious)

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Wax

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To increase intensity, size, or quantity

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or Positive- Like Sangria

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Sycophantic

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behaving or done in an obsequious (obedient) way in order to gain advantage.

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Repine

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Discontent (Languish)

Fret, mope, languish

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Arcadian

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Live simple / quiet life

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Melancholia

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Sad

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Merriment

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gaiety and fun

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Punctilio

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A fine point or detail

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Ostentatious

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characterized by vulgar or pretentious display

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Revelry

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lively and noisy festivities

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Tyro

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A beginner

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Oracular

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Hard to interpret; enigmatic. (oracle command or revelation from God- hard to interpret

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Propriety

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the quality or state of being proper or suitable

E.g., Decorum, Decency

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Sullenly

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Gloom

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Sardonic

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grimly mocking or cynical (Sarcastic + Ironic)

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Dragoon

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coerce (someone) into doing something

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Coyly

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Reluctance to give information / shy intended to be alluring

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Sybarite

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a person who is self-indulgent in their fondness for sensuous luxury (Cyber + IT - make money and like to live luxury)

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Logorrhea

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Incoherent talkativeness

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Risible

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Laughable

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Ubiquitous

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present, appearing, or found everywhere. (e.g., Omnipresent)

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Detractors

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Critic- a person who disparages someone or something.

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Stymied

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Impede / prevent or hinder the progress of

A sty prevents you from seeing

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Buttressed

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Support

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Posthumously

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Something that happens when someone dies

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Torpid

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Lethargic / sluggish

Synonym: torpidity

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Lachrymose

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Sad / tearful or given to weeping.

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Phlegmatic

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Self- Controlled / (of a person) having an unemotional and stolidly calm disposition

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Sedulous

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showing dedication and diligence.

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Flummoxed

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bewildered or perplexed.

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Noisome

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Unpleasant

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Clandestine

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Keep in secret because its illicit

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Covert

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not openly acknowledged or displayed

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Proscribed

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Authority not allowing something happen

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Recalcitrant

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having an obstinately (stubbornly refusing) uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

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Intractable

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Difficult or stubborn

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Peccadilloes

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Small sin

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potable

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safe to drink; drinkable.

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Motley

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consisting of many different types that do not appear to go together

48
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Homily

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Sermon / Lecture

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Coda

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Concluding remark or statement

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