Poop Flashcards

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad and dismal

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2
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Salubrious

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Health-giving, healthy

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3
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Volubility

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Talkativeness

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4
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Iconoclastic

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Characterized by attack on cherished beliefs or institutions

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5
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Impugn

A

Call into question

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Belie

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Disguise, contradict

Fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or belief)

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7
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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous

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Portentous

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Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner so as to impress

Percy was performed his prefect duties in a portentous manner.

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9
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Pertinacious

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Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

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10
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Chary

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Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something

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11
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Opprobrious

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(Of language) expressing scorn or criticism

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12
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Heckle

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Interrupt with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse

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13
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Extol

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Praise enthusiastically

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14
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Lionize

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Give a lot of public attention and approval to, treat as a celebrity

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15
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Ideologue

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An adherent of an ideology, particularly one that is uncompromising and dogmatic

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16
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Incongruous

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Not in harmony or keeping with the other aspects of something

17
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Espouse

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Adopt or support (a belief)

18
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Promulgate

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Promote or make widely known

19
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Divagate

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To stray, digress

20
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Lucubration

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Intense study

Opposite of inebriation!!

21
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eulogistic

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laudatory, praising

22
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assignation

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an appointment for a meeting esp. romantic rendezvous

the act of assigning, assignment

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dubious

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doubtful, of uncertain outcome

24
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sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, confident

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countenance (v)
to permit or tolerate | to approve, support, or encourage
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bastion
anything seen as protecting or preserving some quality or condition
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canard
false or baseless (usually derogatory) story, report, or rumor
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expatiate
to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion
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staid
serious, sedate by temperament or habits