vocab 10-11 Flashcards

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alacrity

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prompt and cheerful response

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acuity

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sharpness of perception

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append

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to add in a supplementary manner

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benevolence

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kindness, generosity, charity

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token

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to give sign of

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duplicity

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double dealing, hypocrisy

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implicit

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understood but not directly expressed

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impute

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to blame or to charge

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misanthrope

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hater of mankind

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obtuse

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dull of mind, insensitive, stupid

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abnegate

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to surrender or to relinquish (a right, belief, or idea)

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affinity

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a likeness, a natural relationship, a kinship

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capricious

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changing suddenly, fickle

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inscrutable

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difficult to understand; mysterious

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magnate

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a person of power and influence

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malleable

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capable of being shaped, influenced, or altered; tractable

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penitent

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showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant

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predilection

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preference

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torpid

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sluggish, inactive, dull

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unobtrusive

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not readily noticeable, inconspicuous