Vocab 1e Flashcards

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Hackneyed

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(adj.) Unoriginal, so commonplace as to be stale; trite, or banal

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Corroborated

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(v) To support with evidence, make more certain, or confirm

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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

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