Vocab #1 Flashcards by Ben Lee | Brainscape

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Histrionic

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Excessively dramatic or emotional

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Palliative

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Soothing or calming

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being analyzed;Hard to understand

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Petulant

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Impatient or easily irritated

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Intemperate

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Lacking restraint excessive

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Apocryphal

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Of questionable authenticity

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Appellation

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Name;Title

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Decry

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To express strong disapproval of

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Jejune

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Not interesting;Dull

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Strident

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Shrill;High Pitched

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Primordial

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Formed long ago;Primitive

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Angst

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A feeling of deep anxiety or dread

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Slovenly

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Untidy;Carelessly done

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Enmity

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A state of deep-seated ill-will

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Diurnal

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Of or pertaining to a day or each day;Daily

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Impeach

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To charge an official for a crime related to or done during official duties

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Benign

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Harmless

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Obdurate

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Stubborn;Inflexible

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Vindicate

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To free from blame

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Construe

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To make a deduction, to infer