Tkam Flashcards

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Vapid

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Lacking liveliness, zest, or interest

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Predilection

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Preference or disposition toward something

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Piety

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Saintliness

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Auspicious

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Favorable or successful

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Invective

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Harsh, insulting words used to attack

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Palliation

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Making a wrong seem less serious

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Myopic

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Nearsighted

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Curtness

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Impolite abruptness in speech

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Impedimenta

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Cumbersome baggage or equipment

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Placid

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Pleasantly calm or peaceful; tranquil

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Uncouth

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Awkward, clumsy, unmannerly

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Elucidate

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To make clear; explain

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Connive

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Cooperate secretly; conspire

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Acrimonious

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Bitter in Nature, speech, or behavior

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Unmitigated

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Not softened or lessened; unqualified

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Brash

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Tactless; rash; impudent

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Squid

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Dirty or wretched in appearance

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Duress

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Coercion, or constraint by threat

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Undetectable

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Unpleasant

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Taciturn

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Silent; reserved in speech