SHORT Vocab Quiz (3/8/17) Flashcards
1
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Obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise.
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Adulation
2
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Belonging or appropriate to an earlier period, especially so as to seem conspicuously old-fashioned.
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Anachronistic
3
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A temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing.
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Digression
4
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The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
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Empathy
5
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Elaborately or excessively intricate or complicated.
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Florid
6
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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care.
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Impetuous
7
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Long existence or service.
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Longevity
8
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Ostentatiously rich and luxurious or lavish.
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Opulent
9
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Deceitful and untrustworthy.
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Perfidious
10
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Complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
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Querulous
