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Tkam Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Ingenuous

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Noble
Honorable
Straightforward

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Analogous

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Showing a likeness which permits one to draw an analogy

Similar

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Wary

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Marked by keen caution

Cunning and watchful

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Guilelessness

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Innocence

Naiveté

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Obstreperous

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Uncontrollably noisy
Clamorous
Unruly

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Invective

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Of relations to or characterized by insult an abuse

Denunciatory

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Vehemently

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Passionately
Powerfully
Fervidly

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Articulate

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Able to speak

Expressing oneself clearly of effectively

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Melancholy

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A depression of spirits
Dejection
A pensive mood
Sadness

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Umbrage

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Resentful displeasure

Personal offense

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Rectitude

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Straightness

Righteousness

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Interdict

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Prohibition

An order forbidding something to be done

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Palliation

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Reduction of violence

Moderation of intensity

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Reconnaissance

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A preliminary survey to gain information

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Undulate

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To form or move in waves

Fluctuate

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Propensities

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Natural inclinations

Leanings

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Altercation

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A noisy or angry dispute

A quarrel

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Austere

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Stern and forbidding in appearance and manner
Grave
Somber

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Prerogative

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And exclusive or special right power or privilege

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Obliquely

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Indirectly
Deviously
Underhandedly

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Infallible

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Incapable of error
Sure
Certain

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Acquiescence

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Acceptance

Assent

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Sullen

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Gloomy
Resentfully silent of repressed
Dismal

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Futility

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Fruitlessness

Uselessness

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Venerable

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Respected or admired

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Formidable

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Causing fear dread or apprehension

Awe inspiring

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Acrimonious

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Biting or rancorous especially in feeling language or manner

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud

Arrogant

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Mollified

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Appeased

Assuaged

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Inordinately

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Unregulatedly
Disorderly
Excessively

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