Group 8 Flashcards by Gail I

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Insolence

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Lack of respect, rudeness

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Curtail

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Cut short

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Lucid

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Clear

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Magnanimity

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Generosity (of spirit)

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Subversive

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Rebellious; revolutionary

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Sustain

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Support

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Convoluted

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Complicated or long-winded

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Dictum

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Often used saying

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Elicit

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Draw out (used mainly for information or feelings)

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Indecorous

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Not well behaved; lacking in dignity

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Palpable

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Can be felt; easily felt; easily perceived

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Purveyor

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One who sells something or caused something to spread

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Viable

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Workable; able to live or grow

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Concur

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Agree

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Erudition

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Learning; scholarly knowledge

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Raiment

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Clothes; garment

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Robust

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Strong; healthy; tough

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Skeptical

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Doubting; not gullible

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Whimsical

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Easily swayed, capricious, changeable

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Ineffable

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Cannot be expressed in words