Third Quarter Act Words Flashcards by Taylor Lemaire | Brainscape

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Difficult to please

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Fastidious

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Long-lived, lasting

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Enduring

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Apt to catch fire

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Combustible

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Dismay

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Chagrin

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Painkiller; something which suspends feeling

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Analgesic

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Very slow to act; sluggish; dull; inactive

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Inert

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Something not normally expected

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Aberration

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Departure from the expected norms

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Deviance

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To assist in bringing together separate parties

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Mediate

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Glaringly obvious

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Blatant

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Helpful, tending to promote

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Conducive

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Hang around, dawdle

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Linger

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Hostility, ill will

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Animosity

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Relating to trends in population

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Demographic

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To reduce or prevent

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Inhibit

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To declare; to affirm; to assent

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Allege

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To want what another has

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Covet

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To pour from one vessel into another

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Decant

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Being impervious to light

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Opacity

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A sleepwalker

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Somnambulist

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Pensive, languid, lacking life or spirit

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Lackadaisical

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To distinguish or mark by a specific difference

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Differentiate

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Emphasize, mark to make noticeable

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Accentuate

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The art of examining ideas logically

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Dialectic

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One who hoards money and is hesitant to spend it

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Miser

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A break or pause

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Hiatus

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To retreat or retract; to pull or move back; to withdraw

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Recede

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Casual; accidental; not of prime concern

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Incidental

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Raving; furious; violent; wild; disorderly

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Frantic

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Common; widespread

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Prevalent

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Like a castle; magnificent; stately

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Palatial

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Courteous and gracious

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Cordial

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To repeat or duplicate

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Replicate

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Accept or assent without open opposition; consent

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Acquiesce

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Violent Anger; vehement exasperation; indignation

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Wrath

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To organize or structure as laws

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Codify

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Incapable of being defended

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Untenable

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High-sounding, pretentious

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Bombastic

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High minded; noble

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Magnanimous

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Easily broken; fragile; not firm or durable

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Frail

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A wearing down or weakening of resistance

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Attrition

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To get or maneuver through cleverness or craftiness

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Finagle

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Ordinary, commonplace

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Pedestrian

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Characterized by diligence, steadiness, and perseverance

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Industrious

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To turn friendliness into hostility

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Alienate

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Convoluted and confusing as in a maze

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Labyrinthine

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Believable

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Credible

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Consisting of ice; frozen; icy

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Glacial