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Incorrect Words Flashcards

1
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conviviality

A

friendliness or agreeableness

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japery

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good-natured mockery

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enigmatic

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says or does mysterious things

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vacuous

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empty or vain

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myopic

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short-sighted

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laudatory

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expressing praise

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homage

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expression of respect

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paean

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expression of respect

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espoused

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supported

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obsequious

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someone who will as a form of flattery do everything another person says

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ambled

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walk leisurely

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vacillated

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wavered

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ribald

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vulgar

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lascivious

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obscene or vulgar

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captious

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easily displeased

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fetid

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disgusting aroma

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17
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malodorous

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disgusting aroma

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impecunious

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impoverished

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indigent

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impoverished

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20
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fulsome

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excessive or over the top

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21
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unctuous

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excessively smug

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22
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septuagenarian

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term for someone in her 70s

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hoary

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gray or white withage

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deferential

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courteous and respectful

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castigate

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to punish or criticize harshly

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equivocal

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undecided; trying to deceive

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cogitation

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thoughtful considerations

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belied

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proved false

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gregarious

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highly sociable

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fidelity

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accuracy in details

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incisive

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clear and correct

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capricious

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erratic

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specious

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false

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incipient

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just beginning

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quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic

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vitriolic

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harsh or corrosive in tone

37
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salubrious

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Health-giving; healthy

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vagrant

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homeless

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impecunious

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Having little or no money.

40
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dissembling

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disquise true feelings

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unctuous

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falsely earnest

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fulsome

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insincerely lavish

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espoused

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Adopt or support

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perspicuous

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Clearly expressed and easily understood

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luculent

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transparently clear; easily understandable

46
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calumny

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slander

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imprudent

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careless

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abject

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miserable

49
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caustic

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biting or sarcastic

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facile

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easy or superficial

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apocryphal

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erroneous or factitious

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redolent

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pleasant smelling

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pernicious

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causing harm

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temperate

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moderate

55
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dolorous

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depressed

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abashed

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embarassed

57
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paean

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1.A song of praise or triumph.

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ribald

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vulgar

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lascivious

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vulgar

60
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diluvial

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related to a flood

61
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fetid

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disgusting aroma

62
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apologists

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those who defend through reasoned argument

63
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demagogue

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people who use emotion to persuade

64
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abecedarians

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beginners

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exiguous

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scanty

66
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supercilious

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arrogant

67
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inure

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familiarize

68
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vilipended

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Regard as worthless or of little value; despise

69
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engendered

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Cause or give rise to

70
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espoused

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  1. Adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life).

2. Marry.

71
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pellucid

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  1. Translucently clear.

2. Lucid in style or meaning; easily understood.

72
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affable

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Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to.

73
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perspicuous

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  1. (of an account or representation) Clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid.
  2. (of a person) Able to give an account or express an idea clearly
74
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magisterial

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  1. Having or showing great authority: “a magisterial pronouncement”.
  2. Domineering; dictatorial.

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