Quiz 2 Flashcards

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Hooligan

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A tough and aggressive or violent youth

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time

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Supine

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Lying on the back or having the face upward

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Tawdry

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Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance

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Haughty

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Scornfully and condescendingly proud

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Incadescent

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Shining brightly

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Opaque

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impenetrable by light

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Impugh

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To attack as fabe or questionable

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Adroit

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Skillful (Dexterous)

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Chaise

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A reclining chair with a long seat

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Faux Pas

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A social blunder

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Subservient

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Useful as a means or tool (beneath in rank)

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Sophomore

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Immature

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Cacophony

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Discordant loud sound

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Historionie

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Exaggerated emotional behavior

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Immaculate

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Spotlessly Clean

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Juggernaut

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An overwhelming, terrible, destructive force

18
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Catch 22

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A situation in which a desired outcome is impossible because of inherently illogical rules or conditions