Vocab Flashcards

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Indignant

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(Adj.)

Expressing strong displeasure in something unjust, offensive, or insulting

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Capricious

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(Adj.)

Subject to unpredictable change

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Disjointed

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(Adj.)

Having joints or connections discinnected

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Recriminations

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(N.)

The act of counterchanging

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Hearsay

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(N.)

Informations gained from another or not part of one’s direct knowledge

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Substantiation

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(V.)

To establish by proof or competent evidence

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Equivocation

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(N.)

The use of ambiguous or equivocal expressions, especially in order to mislead/hedge

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Merriment

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(N.)

Cheerful or joyful gaiety

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Reiterated

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(V.)

To repeat, often excessively

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Finesse

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(N.)

Extreme delicacy or subtlety in action

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Tenacity

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(Adj.)

The quality of being stubborn/persistent

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Salutary

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(Adj.)

Favorable to or promoting health

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Morose

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(Adj.)

Characterized by or expressing gloom

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Facetious

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(Adj.)

Not meant to be taken seriously or literally

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Controvert

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(V.)

To argue about, debate, oppose

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Sanguine

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(Adj.)

Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

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Sedulous

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(Adj.)

persistently or carefully maintained: sedulous flattery.

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Vertiginous

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(Adj.)

Whirling; spinning; rotary

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Somnolent

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(Adj.)

Sleepy; drowsy

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Fractious

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(Adj.)

Refractory or unruly

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Skinflint

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(N.)

A mean, niggardly person

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Inveterate

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(Adj.)

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

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Cantankerous

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(Adj.)

disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish: an argumentative man.