The Little Friend - Vocab Quiz Flashcards

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Querulous(adj)

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Fretful, irritable

You are being querulous, see how annoyed are looks

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Vernacular

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Everyday or colloquial language

Stop using vernacular language it sound unsophisticated.

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Plaintive(adj.)

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Mournful, pathetic

Stop being so plaintive he died years ago

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Harried(adj.)

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Agitated, flustered

I feel harried, the teacher is making my blood broil

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Evasive(adj.)

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Indirect, ambiguous

She gave us evasive directions

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Incredulous(adj.)

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Skeptical, doubtful

She looked at me incredulously, with a look that told me she had not believed a word I had just said.

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Decrepit(adj.)

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Feeble, weak

Her sickness was making her look decrepit

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Unkempt

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Untidy, messy

The room looked rather unkempt, there were papers everywhere

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Irrevocable(adj.)

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Unchangeable, permanent

Will’s behaviour is irrevocable

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Bilious(adj.)

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Distasteful, sickening

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Capricious

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Unpredictable; flighty

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Verisimilitude

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Believability; authenticity

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Elusive

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Difficult to find; indefinable

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Itinerant

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Traveler; vagabond

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Languid

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Sluggish; unhurried

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Lassitude

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Fatigue; apathy

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Garrulous

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Talkative; conversational

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Efficacy

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Effectiveness; productiveness

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Reticence

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Restraint; inhibition

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Pedantic

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Overly precise; meticulous

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Fallacious

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Incorrect; unfounded

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Proffer

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Offer; put forward

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Opulent

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Grandiose; wealthy

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Petulant

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Ill-tempered; grumpy

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Tremulous

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Unsteady; trembly

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Rictus

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A fixed grimace or face

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Tersely

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Briefly; concisely

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Vertigo

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Dizziness; loss of balance

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Balefully

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Threateningly; hostilely

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Ruminate

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Think about; consider

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Pallid

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Pale,sickly

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Sidle

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Sneak, move secretively

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Lascivious

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Lustful,indecent

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Acrid

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Bitter,Pungent

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Imperious

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Domineering, arrogant

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Wallow

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To take pleasure in

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Fervor

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Enthusiasm, passion

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Galumph

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To move in a clumsy manner

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Proselytize

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Convert, recruit

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Derision

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Ridicule, contempt

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Inviolable

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Never to be broken or dishonored

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Morose

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Sullen; gloomy

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Squalid

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Neglected; shabby

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Magnanimous

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Generous; charitable

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Supine

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Face upward; horizontal

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Maw

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Entrance; opening

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Garish

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Showy; vulgar

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Avert

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Prevent; avoid

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Stoic

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Uncomplaining; patient

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Dereliction

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Disrepair; neglect

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Defunct

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Obsolete; nonfunctioning

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Peevish

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Easily irritated, short-tempered

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Dissuade

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Discourage from; advise against

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Evanescent

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Vanishing; fading

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Acerbic

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Abrasive; sarcastic

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Malodorous

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Foul-smelling; noxious

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Jocular

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Humorous; witty

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Audacious

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Disrespectful; defiant

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Furtive

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Secretive; hidden

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Fillip

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Boost; incentive