Magoosh Words Flashcards by Daisy Noriega

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fastidious

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overly focused on details

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trenchant

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comments that could be offensive

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poignant

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touching and emotional

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disposed

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inclined

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pauper

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poor person

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miser

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rich but still lives poorly

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curmudgeon

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grumpy

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unseemly

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inappropriate

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brusque

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rude

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polemical

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empassioned

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ostentatious

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vulgar

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desultory

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rambling, unplanned

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exaltation

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adoration

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churlish

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rude, unmannered

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sychophantic

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kissing up

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congenial

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friendly

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garrulous

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talkative

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tactless

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not behaved well in social settings

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admonish

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warn/caution

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parsimonious

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stingy/not giving

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fledgling

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begginning

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revelry/carousing

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fun!

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hackneyed

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unoriginal

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mercurial

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suddenly shifting moods

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tumult

chaotic

torpor

lazy

halycon

gentle

straitened

poverty

sartorial

relating to clothing

inchoate

barely formed

cavil and carp

criticize

dote

fond

grovel

submissive

temerity

lack of caution

scant

limited

scrupulous

a lot of

derisive

expressing ridicule

cursory

hasty

contrivance

artificial manner

terse

abrupt and brief in words

“Conciliatory”

ready to negotiate

“munificent,”

generous

sardonic

sarcastic

dessicate

dry, dehyrdrate

pedant

perfectionist with education

vascillate

sway between options (oscillate)

adulterate

degrade

capricious

moody, unpredictable

engender

produce, cause, give rise to (provoke)

loquacious

talkative

pragmatic

practical

volatile

change rapidly and unpredictabley, turbulent

corraborate

confirm

ephemeral

brief (transient)

propriety

decorum, respectable

enervate

exhaust

ingenuous

innocent, naive

misanthrope

ya hate people.

venerate

respect

deride

ridicule

obdurate

refusing to change opinion, obstinate, intransigent

bolster

reinforce (support or strengthen)

dissonance

lack of congruity, discord

garrulous

talkative

ostentatious

pretentious, wealthy

prevaricate

avoid telling truth by not directly answering (perjure, beguile)