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Sophmore Year Final Flashcards

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Viscous

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Adj - resistant to flow; like a very thick liquid; or, sticky

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Wane

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Verb - grow gradually smaller

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Wanton

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Adj - excessive; uncontrolled

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Wizened

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Adj - old and wrinkled; withered

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Xenophobia

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Noun - the fear or hatred of anything foreign

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Animosity

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Noun - a feeling of resentment, hostility, or enmity

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Blithe

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Adj - merry, carefree

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Didactic

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Adj - intended to teach; informative; instructional

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Diminution

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Noun - the act of decreasing

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Disputatious

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Adj - tending to argue; controversial

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Duplicity

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Noun - sneakiness; contradiction; deceit

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Engender

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Verb - cause to exist; produce

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Equivocal

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Adj - misleading, uncertain

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Exonerate

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Verb - to free from blame; to exculpate

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Grandiose

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Adj - larger ; grand; filled with splendor

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Gratuitous

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Adj - free of charge; or, uncalled for and unwanted

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Impugn

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Noun - to attack with words; to accuse of being false

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Indiscriminate

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Adj - without careful consideration; haphazard

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Insidious

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Adj - gradually harmful; seductive

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Interlocutor

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Noun - someone who participates in a conversation

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Nebulous

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Adj - unclear; vague

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Oblivious

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Adj - unaware; forgetful

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Ostentatious

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Adj - overdone to the point of showing off; gaudy

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Perturbation

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Noun - disturbance

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Provincial

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Adj - limited or restrictive; parochial

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Quixotic

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Adj - idealistic; impractical (from Don Quixote)

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Sagacity

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Noun - wisdom, shrewdness

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Upbraid

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Verb - criticize severely; scold

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Vilify

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Verb - defame; attack someone’s reputation

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