List 9&10 Flashcards by Kelsey Li | Brainscape

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sardonic

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sarcastic, sharp

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colloquial

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conversational, idomatic

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exorbitant

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excessive, high

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egregious

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shockingly bad

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unanimmity

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accord, consensus

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enmity

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hostility

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indelible

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permanent

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panacea

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cure all medicine

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paucity

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scarcity, shortage

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sensuous

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aesthetically pleasing
sexually attractive

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acumen

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awareness, wisdom

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didactic

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instructive

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prosaic

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ordinary, conventional

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hubris

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conceit, pride

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aberrant

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abnormal

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digression

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deviation

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salutary

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beneficial, profitable

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immutable

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set, unchanging

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equivocal

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ambiguous

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transgress

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breach, disobey

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connote

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meaning

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furtive

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secret sly, attempting to avoid notice/attention

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deferential

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respectful, humble

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circumspect

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wary, cautious

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ungainly

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clumsy

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mollify

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blank, stony

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acolyte

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assistant, helper

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vicissitude

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change, alteration

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efficacious

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effective, successful

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spellbind

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arrest, bedazzle

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equanimity

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tranquility, calm

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cataclysmic

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disastrous

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facetious

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humorous

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expunge

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clean

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antithetical

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contrary, incompatible

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indigent

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penniless, poverty stricken

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penurious

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poverty stricken

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impetuous

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hasty, reckless

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rancor

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animosity, antagonism

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forbear

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avoid

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tenable

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reasonable, sensible

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convival

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companionable, extroverted

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osmosis

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ability to learn without much effort

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chauvinism

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nationalism, super patriotic

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seditious

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incendiary

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fallacious

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illogical, illegitimate

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abstruse

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profound, arcane

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curmudgeon

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complainer