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Vocab #1 Flashcards

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Supercilious

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Showing superiority to those one views of unworthy

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Feign

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Make believe or pretend

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Conscientious

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Meticulious, careful, painstaking

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Incredulous

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Showing unbelief

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Reciprocal

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Matching, equivalent

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Wan

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Unnatural or sickly pallor, lacking color

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Complacent

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Without awareness of some potential danger, self satisfied

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Intimation

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Hinting, make known indirectly

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Infinite

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Exceedingly large or indefinitely

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Anon

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A short time, soon

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Contiguous

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Uninterrupted

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Facet

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Phase,side

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Cower

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Crouch, as in fear or shame

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Interpose

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Step in between parties, mediate

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Apathetic

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Not interested, indifferent

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Languid

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Lacking spirit or interest, indifferent

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Strident

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Having a shrill, irritating quality

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Deft

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Nimble, clever

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Clad

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Dressed, covered

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Permeate

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To pass into or through every part, to be defused through

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Innuendo

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Indirect comment about something of a derogatory nature

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Erroneous

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Mistaken,incorrect,wrong

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Vehement

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Passionate, strongly emotional

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Cordial

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Friendly, courteous

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Impetuous

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Characterized by a sudden or rash action, impulsive

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Vacuous

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Lacking ideas or intelligence

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Corpulent

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Large/bulky of body, fat, stout

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Provincial

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Having the manners and view points of “unsophisticated inhabitants”

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Din

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A Loud, confused noise

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