List 5 Flashcards by Kate pline | Brainscape

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celerity

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speed

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maldroit

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clumsy, unskillful

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unequivocal

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clear, obvious

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animosity

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hatred, antagonism

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censorious

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disapproving, critical

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incongruous

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out of place

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malady

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illness

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palpable

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easily felt

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annex

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n - building that’s an extension

v - seize, capture

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censure

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blame

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extrinsic

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irrelevant

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malediction

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a curse

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panacea

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a remedy for all ills

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prevaricate

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speak misleadingly

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scutter

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sink

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unfrock

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to remove a priest from position

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cerebral

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intellectual

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diffident

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lacking confidence

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malefactor

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a wrong-doer

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unprecedent

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never having happened before

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digress

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wander off the subject

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proclivity

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tendency toward

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charlatan

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trickster claiming knowledge they don’t have

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paragon

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perfect example

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sentinel

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guard, sentry

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unwitting

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not deliberate, unconscious

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chary

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cautious of, reluctant to give

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dilatory

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slow, falling behind in work

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prodigal

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wasteful, extravagant

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upbraid

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scold, tell off, reprimand

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antediluvian

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outdated, prehistoric

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fastidious

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overly particular, finicky

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indolence

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laziness

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prodigious

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very large

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serendipity

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fortunate coincidence, unsought discovery

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anthology

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a book that’s a collection of poems or short stories

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chicanery

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trickery

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dilettante

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person dabbles in a subject without serious study

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fatuous

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silly, foolish

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anthropocentrism

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putting man at the center of a philosophy

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chimerical

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changeable, unstable

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marred

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damaged, spoiled

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urbane

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sophisticated, suave

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upshot

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outcome