Vocab 2 Flashcards

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Affably/ Affable

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Easy to approach/ friendly/ cordial

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Copious

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Large amount/ abundant/ plentiful

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Detritus

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Pieces that are left when something breaks/ destroyed/ loose material

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Disparate

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Different from each other/ distinct in in quality/ character

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Doppelgänger

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Double/ counterpart of a living person

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Eschew

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To shun/ avoid

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Goad/ Goading

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Something that urges/ pokes into action

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Incontrovertible

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Not open to discussion/ indisputable

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Irascible

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Becoming angered easily/ bad temper

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Malediction

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A curse, unpleasant lecture

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Morose

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Characterized by expressing gloom

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Perfidy

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Act/instance of faithlessness/ treachery

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Perfunctory

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Done without energy/ enthusiasm/ expected routine lacking interest

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Protuberant

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Bulging beyond surface/ protruding/ projecting

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Proviso

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Stipulation/ condition/ deal

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Ruse

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Trick, stratagem, artifice

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Querulous

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Complaining

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Sardonic

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Characterized as bitter/ scornful/ etc

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Skullduggery

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Dishonorable proceedings/ trickery

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Sumptuous

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Luxury fine/ large lavish

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Surfeit

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Excess/ excessive amount

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Sycophant/ sycophantic

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Self seeking/ fawning/ a suck up

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Vehement

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Forceful, impassioned energy/ emotion

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Venerate/ venerable

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Feel/ show deep respect for. Valued respected because of age

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Derisive

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Characterized by expressing derision/ scorn/ mocking