Vocab 1e Flashcards
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Hackneyed
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(adj.) Unoriginal, so commonplace as to be stale; trite, or banal
2
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Corroborated
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(v) To support with evidence, make more certain, or confirm
3
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Plasticity
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(n) Capacity to be molded or made to assume or hold a shape
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Ebullience
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(n) Liveliness or exuberance, especially in manner or expression
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Plethora
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(n) Excess, profusion, or overabundance
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Artless
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(adj. ) Uncultured or ignorant, lacking in knowledge
(adj. ) Poorly or crudely made
(adj. ) Without artificiality; natural, sincere
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Artifice
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(n) A crafty, cunning trick or stratagem
(n) Deception or false behavior
(n) Cleverness, skill, or ingenuity
“In this he succeeded, though not without a good deal of artifice, more creditable to his ingenuity than to his virtue.”
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Din
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(n) A loud, clamorous noise
