Vocab 1 Flashcards by Shannon Hsu | Brainscape

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regale

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entertain/amuse

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immure

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lock against will

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acquisitive

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greedy

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dissemble

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conceal motives

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plaintive

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mournful

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supplicate

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beg/ask humbly

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portend

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warning something likely to happen

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tendentious

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one sided

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blithe

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casual indifference

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prodigious

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remarkably big/enormous

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inculcate

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instill by persistent instruction

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vitriol

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bitter criticism

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contravene

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break law

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conciliatory

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placate

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indiscriminate

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random not careful

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pertinacious

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determined/tenacious

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convalescent

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recovering

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mettlesome

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lively, spirited

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relinquish

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give up

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ebullient

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cheerful, exuberant, buoyant

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sedulous

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diligent