Vocab Flashcards

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Mollified

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To soften in feeling or temper, pacify, appease

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Capricious

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given to sudden and odd changes (could be in mood/behavior)

Antonyms: constant, steady

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Appease

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To bring to a state of peace, quiet, calm or contentment

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Recriminations

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An accusation in response to one from someone else

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what you feel is unfair perceive

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Nostalgia

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A sentimental longing for the past, typically for a place with happy associations and memories

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Filibustered

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An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs FIX NOT DONE

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking or free from

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Temporize

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Avoid making decision or committing oneself in order to gain time

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Vacuity

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Lack of intelligence

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Naïve

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Showing lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement

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Rhetoric

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The art of effective persuasion (sometimes with figurative speech)

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Vindictive

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Showing a strong desire or unreasoning for revenge

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Petulant

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Childishly sulky or bad behaviored

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Treacly

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To disgust or sicken someone with excess of sweetness with sentimentally or flattery

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Cursory

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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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Myriad

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A countless or extremely great number

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Adept

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Very skilled or proficient at something

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Quelled

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To put to end a (rebellion or other disorder with force)

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Conflagration

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An extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property

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Fortified

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Strengthened (with defense against an attack)

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

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Articulated

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Having two or more sections connected by a flexible joint

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Consummate

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Adj: Showing a high degree of skill or flair, complete, perfect

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Vacillated

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To be indecisive, to waver between different opinions

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Steadfast

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Dutifully firm and unwavering

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Negligent

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Failing to take proper care in doing something