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Unit four Flashcards

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vivacious adj

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lively in tempor or behavior, attractively animated

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vivify v

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enliven, animate

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extort v

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Obtain something by force or unfair means

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torsion n

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twisting, steer due to twisting

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tortuous adj

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full of twists, winding

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evince v

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reveal, show clearly

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invincible adj

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unbeatable

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vanquish v

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conquer, defeat an opponent

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fractious adj

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irritable, cranky

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infraction n

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act of breaking a law or rule

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refract v

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bend from a straight path

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refractory adj

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hard to manage, resisting, intractable

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vivacity n

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liveliness of spirit

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omnifarious adj

A

of all varieties, forms or kinds

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omnific adj

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all creating

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omnipotent adj

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all powerful

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omniscent adj

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all knowing

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impertinent/pertinent adj

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rude or irrelevant/directly relating

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pertinacious adj

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holding firmly to a purpose or opinion

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retentive adj

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able to remember

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retinue n

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group of followers

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tenacity n

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firmness,persistence

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tenet n

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principal or belief held to be true

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tenuous adj

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flimsy, thin, not certain

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tenure n

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period for which a person is in office

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untenable adj

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unable to be held or defended

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admonish/admonition v/n

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to warn/mild criticism

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premonition/premonitory n/adj

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a forewarning/conveying a forewarning

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viv

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live, alive

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30
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tort

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twist

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vict/vinc

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conquer, show conclusively

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fract/frag

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break

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omni

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all, every, everywhere

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ten,tin

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hold, keep

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mon/monit

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warn, advise, remind

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36
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cred/credit

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believe

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fid

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faith trust

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grat

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thank, pleasant, favor

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accredited adj

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officially recognized

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credence n

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belief that something is true

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41
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credulous adj

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gullible

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42
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incredulity n

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disbelief

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affidavit n

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sworn written statement made before an authorized official

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bona fide adj

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real or genuine

45
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fiduciary adj

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(typically relating to money) relating to or involved in a trust

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infidel n

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a disbeliever in a certain faith

47
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peridious/perfidy adj n

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not able to be trusted/violation of trust

48
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gratis adj

A

free of charge

49
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gratuitous adj

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uncalled for

50
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ingrate n

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an ungrateful person

51
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corp

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body

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duc/duct

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lead, conduct, follow

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secu/secut

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follow

54
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cur/curs

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run

55
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corpulent adj

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overweight

56
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corpus n

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a body of written texts

57
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habeas corpus n

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citizen’s right to court protection

58
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conducive adj

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helpful

59
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ductile adj

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easily shaped or led

60
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traduce v

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to disgrace

61
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inconsequential adj

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unimportant

62
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non sequitor n

A

statement that does not make sense

63
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subsequent

A

coming after in time

64
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concur v

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to agree

65
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concurrent adj

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occuring at the same time

66
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cursory adj

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running over hastily

67
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discursive adj

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wandering from one topic to another

68
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incursion n

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rushing into, hostile, raid

69
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precursor n

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something that precedes and indicates approach of something worse

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gres/grad

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step walk go

71
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ped

A

foot

72
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tact/tang

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touch

73
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fer

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bearing/producing

74
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egress v n

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to exit/an exit

75
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gradation n

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a series of changes

76
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gradient n

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slope

77
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retrograde/retrogression adj n

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going backward/act of going from a better to worse

78
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transgress v

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to violate a command or law

79
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expedite v

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to accelerate or speed up

80
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impediment n

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obstacle

81
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contiguous adj

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touching in physical contact

82
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contingent adj

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dependent on something else

83
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intangible adj

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not capable of being perceived by touch

84
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tact/tactful n adj

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sense of what is appropriate to say/having or showing a perception of what to say

85
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tangent/ tangential n adj

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straight line meeting a curved line/ tending to digress from topic

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proliferous adj

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producing new growth rapidly

87
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vociferous adj

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loud outcry

88
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somniferous adj

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inducing sleep

89
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prehend/prehens

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seize/grasp

90
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ject

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throw, cast

91
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vert

A

turn

92
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mis/mit

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send

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locut

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speak/talk

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comprehensive adj

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extensive, including all aspects of something

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reprehensible adj

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blame worthy

96
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conjecture n

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quess

97
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dejected adj

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downcast, depressed

98
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inadvenrtenly adv

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without meaning to

99
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incontrovertible adj

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to able to be denied

100
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perverse adj

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wicked

101
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emissary

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a person sent out on a mission

102
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intermittent adj

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coming and going at intervals

103
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missive n

A

written message

104
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circumlocution n

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roundabout way of speaking

105
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colloquial adj

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informal

106
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elocution n

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act of speaking or reading in public

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grandiloquent adj

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using lofty words

108
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interlocutor n

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questioner

109
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loquacious adj

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excessively talkative

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