Unit 9 Vocab Flashcards

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning;unclear/uncertain

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Amiable

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Kind, friendly, sociable, civil, urbane

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Crass

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Course, crude, unrefined

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Discursive

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Rambling, moving from you topic to another randomly

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Docile

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Easily managed, tame, obedient, passive

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Estrange

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To alienate, separate

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Exonerate

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To free of blame, obligation, or responsibility

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Gratuitous

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Given freely, unwarranted

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Hypothesize

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To reach a conclusion based on and assumption or something not proven

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Indignation

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Anger as a result of something unjust

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Índuce

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To bring on or bring about

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Intractable

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Stubborn, difficult to manage

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Introspective

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The quality of examining one’s own mind or thoughts

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Lucid

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Easily understood; mentally sound

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Meticulous

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Taking great care

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Misanthrope

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A hater of man kind

17
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Munificent

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Very generous

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Plagiarize

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To steal and use someone else’s writing as one’s own

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Profuse

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Extravagantly abundant; flowing freely

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Recluse

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Person who lives in solitude; hermit

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Sated

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Satisfied fully; indulged in excess

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Stupefy

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To dull the senses as to put into a stupor

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Terse

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Concise

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Transient

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Quickly passing; fleeting

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Virtuoso

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One skilled in fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant