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INSINCERE + PREVENT/OBSTRUCT + FUNNY Flashcards

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INSINCERE

A

dissemble, fulsome, ostensible, unctuous

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dissemble

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to give false appearance to; to feign

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fulsome

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excessively and insincerely lavish; overdone; (disgusting)

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ostensible

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outwardly appearing as such, pretended; (apparent)

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unctuous

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characterized by excessive piousness; (oily)

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dissemble, fulsome, ostensible, unctuous

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INSINCERE

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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT

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discomfit, forfend

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discomfit

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(to confuse); to frustrate the plan of

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forfend

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(to defend); to prevent

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discomfit, forfend

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PREVENT/OBSTRUCT

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FUNNY

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droll, facetious, flippant, gibe, raillery, riposte, simper

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droll

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humorous in an odd way

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facetious

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amusing, humorous

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flippant

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lacking in seriousness, shallow

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gibe

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to taunt, to deride

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raillery

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good-humored ridicule, banter

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riposte (ri-POHST)

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(n.) a quick, sharp return in speech or action; (v.) to retaliate

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simper

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to smile in a silly, self-conscious way

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droll, facetious, flippant, gibe, raillery, riposte, simper

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