Vocab #10 Flashcards

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Verdant

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Green with vegetation, grassy

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Capitulate

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To submit completely, surrender

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Scintillate

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To sparkle, to flash, to dazzle, gleam

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Inundate

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To overwhelm, to flood

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Sanguine

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Optimistic, cheerful, confident, enthusiastic

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Upbraid

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To scold sharply, chide

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Dyspeptic

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Irritable, gloomy, pessimistic

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Gride

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To scrape sharply, grind

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Querulous

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Inclined to complain, whiney

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Parsimony

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Stinginess, meanness

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To submit completely, surrender

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Capitulate

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Green with vegetation, grassy

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Verdant

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To sparkle, to flash, to dazzle, gleam

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Scintillate

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To overwhelm, to flood, glut, deluge

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Inundate

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Optimistic, cheerful, confident, enthusiastic

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Sanguine

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To scold sharply, chide

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Upbraid

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Irritable, gloomy, pessimistic

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Dyspeptic

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To scrape harshly, grind

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Gride

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Inclined to complain, whiney

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Querulous

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Stinginess, meanness

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Parsimony