The Top 66 Flashcards

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful

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Anachronism

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Some one or thing out of its correct chronological or historical order.

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Apprehensive

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Uneasy anxious or fearful about the future

Quick to understand or learn

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Arrogance

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An offensive display of self importance or superiority

Overbearing pride.

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Boorish

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Rude clumsy in manner

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Cathartic

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Emotionally purging

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Conciliatory

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Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness; overcoming hostility.

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Deride

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To laugh in scorn or treat w/ contempt. To ridicule.

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Disparage

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To speak w/ disrespect. To belittle or depreciate.

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Eclectic

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Selecting employing or comprising individual elements from a wide variety of sources.

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Eloquent

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Clear powerful and persuasive speech.

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Elucidates

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To make clear. To explain.

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Equitable

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Fairness and impartiality. Just or reasonable.

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Felicitous

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Well suited for the occasion, appropriate; marked by good fortune.

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Ineffable

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Defying expression or description. Inexpressible.

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Magnanious

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Generous in forgiving. In unselfish. Free of resentment or vindictiveness.

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Nefarious

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Wicked. Infamous. Villainous.

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Partisan

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Devoted to. Biased in support of a party group or cause.

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Pessimistic

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Gloomy. Having a negative outlook expecting the worst.

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Prosaic

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Commonplace. Dull. Lack in imagination.

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Quell

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To suppress.

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Refute

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To prove to be false. To prove a person to be in error. To deny.

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Sanguine

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Optimistic hopefully or confident. Reddish. Bloody.

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned. Careful. Eager.

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Venerate

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To regard or treat w/ reverence