Manhattan next 300 (2) Flashcards

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gauche

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socially awkward

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gestation

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pregnancy

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glacial

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unsympathetic

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glib

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fluent in a way that it shows superficiality

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glower

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Stare in an angry way

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grandiloquent

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relating to lofty speech esp to a point of being pompous

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grating

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irritating

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grouse

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complain or grumble

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grovel

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creep or crawl with one’s face to the ground

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guile

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craftiness

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halcyon

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calm and peaceful

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hapless

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unlucky

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harrow

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a farming tool that breaks up soil

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hearken

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listen to, pay attention to

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hermetic

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airtight and reclusive

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hew

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make or shape something with a cutting tool

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hoodwink

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trick or deceive

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hoary

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very old

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idiosyncrasy

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characteristic or habit peculiar to a person

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ignoble

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not noble

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illiberality

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narrow mindedness, bigotry

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imbue

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permeate or saturate

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impasse

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deadlock

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imperious

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commanding, urgent

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imperturbable

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calm

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impetuous

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passionately impulsive

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impious

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not religious

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implacable

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not able to be appeased

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imprecation

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curse; prayer for harm to come to someone

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impugn

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attack the truth and integrity of

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impute

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credit

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inadvertent

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unintentional

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incarnadine

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blood red or flesh color

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incendiary

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setting on fire

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incipient

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just beginning

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inconstancy

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fickleness

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indefatigable

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persisting tirelessly

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indeterminate

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vague

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indigence

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extreme poverty

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inexorable

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relentless

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ingenuous

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genuine, sincere

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ingrate

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ungrateful person

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inordinate

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excessive, not within proper limits

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inquest

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a legal or judicial inquiry

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insipid

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dull

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insular

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pertaining to an island, detached

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intelligible

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able to be understood

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intransigent

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refusing to compromise, having extreme attitude, inflexible

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intrepid

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fearless

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inure

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toughen up

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inveigle

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entice

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invidious

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hateful

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irresolute

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wavering