List 3 Flashcards by eve Besant

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Scrupulous

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Extremely careful to do the right thing

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Dastardly

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Cowardly evil doer

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Halcyon

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Happy, Tranquil, or idyllic

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Intractable

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Hard to manage, stubborn

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Pontificate

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To speak in a pompous or dogmatic way

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Nescient

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Ignorant, lacking knowledge

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Abhor

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To hate or shrink from in disgust

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Wheedle

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To coax or persuade by flattery or endearments

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Industrious

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Steady and hard-working

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Scintillation

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Sparkle, flash

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Ostentatious

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Make a showy display of wealth, pretentious

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Expurgate

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To remove obscene or objectionable passages

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Precocious

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Developed or matured beyond what is normal for the age

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Dirge

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A song of mourning, sung at a funeral

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Impecunious

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Poor, penniless

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Riddled

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Having many holes or punctured

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Wan

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Unhealthily pale, or a grayish, sickly color

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Pallid

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Pale, especially from shock

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Adroit

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Skillful, adept

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Exacerbate

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To make a bad situation worse