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vocab Flashcards

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disposed or willing to comply

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amenable

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rough and bitter manner

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acrimony

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repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

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banal

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the quality of being honest and straight forward in attitude and speech

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candor

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heedful of potential consequences

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circumspect

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give evidence for

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corroborate

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suitable to your needs

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congenial

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terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent

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Curtail

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make weak

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debilitate

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characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct

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decorous

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courteous regard for people’s feelings

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deference

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reduce in worth or character, usually verbally

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demean

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express strong disapproval of

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deplore

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the act of deriding or treating with comtempt

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derision

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a compound obtained from, or regarded as derived from, another compound

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derivative

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instructive (especially excessively)

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didactic

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showing modest reserve

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diffident

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express a negative opinion of

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disparage

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easily handled or managed

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docile

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selecting what seems best of various styles or idea

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eclectic

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choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies, or plans

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espouse

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pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

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exonerate

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containing or based on a fallacy

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fallacious

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giving careful attention to detail; excessively concerned with cleanliness

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fastidious

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attempting to win favor by flattery

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fawning

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showing inappropriate levity

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flippant

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full of trivial conversation

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garrulous

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not serious in content or attitude or behavior

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frivolous

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given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

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gluttonous

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the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate

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incongruity

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a person who shows no gratitude

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ingrate

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lacking in sophistication or worldliness

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ingenuous

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lacking sprit or liveliness

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languid

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the act of taking something from someone unlawfully

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larceny

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the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

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nonchalance

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marked by a narrow focus on or dissplay of learning especially its trivial aspects

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pedantic

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criminal offense of making false statements under oath

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perjury

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spreading or spread throughout

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pervasive

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continuing forever or indefinitely

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perpetual

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easily irritated or annoyed

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petulant

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an early warning about a future event

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premonition

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a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn

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premise

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excessively forward

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presumptuous

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careful and sensible; marked by sound judment

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prudent

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one who lives in solitude

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recluse

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overthrow by arguument, evidence, or proof

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refute

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turn aways from; give up

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relinguish

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refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid

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repudiate

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reluctant to draw attention to yourself

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reticent

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felling or showing profound respect or veneration

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reverent

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the absence of mental stress or anxiety

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serenity

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restrained in style or quality

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subdued

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in opposition to a civil authority or government

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subversive

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more than is needed, desired, or required

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superflous

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habitually reserved and uncommunicative

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taciturn

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hinder or prevent of

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thwart

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exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in excellence

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transcendent

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a feeling of alarm or dread

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trepidation

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de undecided about something; waver between conflicting courses of action

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vacillate

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devouring or craving food in great quantities

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voracious

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