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HotWords 6-10 Flashcards

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affable

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adj. easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable

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amiable

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adj. friendly, kind

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amicable

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adj. showing goodwill; peaceable

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congenial

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adj. compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic

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convivial

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adj. sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

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cordial

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adj. warm and friendly; welcome

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gregarious

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adj. sociable, outgoing

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jocular

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adj. liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun

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levity

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n. lightheartedness

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animosity

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n. hatred; ill will

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antagonism

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n. hatred or hostility

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bellicose

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adj. of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike, belligerent

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belligerent

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adj. taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight

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cantankerous

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adj. Bad-tempered; quarrelsome

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captious

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adj. made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

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contentious

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adj. quarrelsome; belligerent

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disputatious

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adj. likely to dispute or argue

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polemical

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adj. inclined to argue or debate; controversial

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predator

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n. one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival

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pugnacious

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adj. eager to fight; belligerent

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altruistic

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adj. showing an unselfish concern for others

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benevolent

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adj. giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind

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largess

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n. generous giving

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lavish

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adj. generous in giving to others or in spending money

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magnanimous

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adj. generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness

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munificent

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adj. very generous

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philanthropic

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adj. showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane

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prodigal

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adj. wasteful; lavish

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squander

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v. to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

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austere

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austere: adj. having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance

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avaricious

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adj. greedy

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frugal

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adj. careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful

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mercenary

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adj. greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making

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miserly

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adj. careful with how money is spent; thrifty

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parsimonious

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adj. overly thrifty or miserly

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penurious

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adj. stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

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thrifty

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adj. showing care with how money and resources are used; miserly

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adversity

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n. great trouble or difficulty

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conflagration

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n. a huge fire, an inferno

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confounding

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adj. puzzling; baffling

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cryptic

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adj. hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure

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debacle

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n. a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical

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enigma

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n. a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter to a person

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labyrinth

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n. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself

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precarious

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adj. dangerous or risky; uncertain

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quagmire

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n. a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire

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quandary

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n. a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

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turbulence

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n. great unrest; turmoil or disorder

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turmoil

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n. a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult

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