Quiz 1 Flashcards by Dhanya Jose | Brainscape

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Specious

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Deceptive

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Motif

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Main theme

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Intimidate

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To threaten

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Pliant

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Flexible

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Intricacy

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Complexity

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Irrelevant

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Unrelated

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Strident

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Shrill and harsh

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Officious

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Authorized

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Festoon

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To decorate with garlands (long strands of leaves)

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Evacuation

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Withdrawal from a threatened area

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Spontaneous

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Unplanned

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Ebullience

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Exuberance (unrestrained happiness)

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Unintelligible

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Incomprehensible

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Indignant

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Outraged

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Antagonism

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Opposition

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Belligerence

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Aggressiveness

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Chastisement

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Punishment

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Ecstasy

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Delight

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Tacit

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Unspoken

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Effigy

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Image

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Lamentably

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Regrettably

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Assent

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Agreement

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Decorous

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Orderly

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Diffident

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Shy

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Allegory

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Story with two separate meanings

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Microcosm

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Miniature, smaller world

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Macrocosm

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Bigger world