LF 25-44 Flashcards

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exasperation - noun

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annoyed or irritated

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gesticulated-verb

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to make or use gestures especially in an animated or excited manner

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officious- adjective

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one’s unrequested and unwanted services

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recrimination-noun

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counter changing against an accuser

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caspering-noun

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a playful leap or skip

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festooned - verb

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a string of flowers, foliage, ribbons

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seductive - adjective

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tending to seduce; enticing

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impalpable - adjective

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incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, or understand

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susurration - noun

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murmur; whisper

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discursive - adjective

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passing aimlessly from one subject to another’ rambling

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diffidently - adjective

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lacking confidence; shy

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constrainedly - adjective

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forced, compelled, or obliged

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bastion - noun

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seen as pressing or protecting

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obtuseness - noun

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not quick or alert

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imperious - adjective

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not permitting penetration

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propitiatingly - adverb

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appease

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cessation - noun

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a temporary or complete stopping; discontinuance

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inimical - adjective

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harmful

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hiatus - noun

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a break in the continuity of a work, series, action

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incredulous - adjective

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disinclined or indisposed to belief; skeptical