Vocab 2/4 Flashcards by Nicole Yen | Brainscape

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Vignette

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(n.) A decorative design or a short literary composition

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Veracious

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(Adj.) Truthful and accurate

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Stultify

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(V) to impair or deduce to useless (ie debate)

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Spurious

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(Adj) lacking authenticity, counterfeit

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Sequester

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(V) to remove or set apart; out into seclusion

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Pernicious

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(Adj) very harmful

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Lissome

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(Adj) Easily flexed and limber

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Nefarious

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(Adj) evil and vicious

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Munificent

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(Adj) generous and giving

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Mawkish

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(Adj) overly and sickeningly sentimental

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Insentient

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(Adj) unfeeling and unconscious of

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Extemporaneous

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(Adj) unrehearsed and spur-of-the-moment

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Still

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(Adj) amusing in a wry and subtle way

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Broach

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(V) To mention or suggest for the first time

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Berate

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(V) To scold harshly

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