Vocab 28 Flashcards
1
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Puerile(adj)
A
Childish, immature, jejune, nugatory
2
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Puissance(noun)
A
Power, strength; puissant means powerful, strong
3
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Pusillanimous (adj)
A
Cowardly, craven
4
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Remonstrate(verb)
A
To protest , to object
5
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Sagacious (adj)
A
Having sound judgment; perceptive, wise; like a sage
6
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Salacious (adj)
A
Lustful, lascivious, bawdy
7
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Salutary(adj)
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Remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
8
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Sanguine (adj)
A
Cheerful, confident, optimistic
9
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Saturnine(adj)
A
Gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
10
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Sententious(adj)
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Aphoristic or moralistic; epigrammatic; tending to moralize excessively
11
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Stentorian (adj)
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Extremely loud and powerful
12
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Stygian(adj)
A
Gloomy, dark
13
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Sycophant(noun)
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Toady; servile, self-seeking flatterer; parasite
14
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Tendentious(adj)
A
Biased; showing marked tendencies
15
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Timorous (adj)
A
Timid, fearful, diffident
