Vocab 3 Flashcards

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bolster

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strengthen or support

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ardor

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intense feeling

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aversion

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strong feeling of dislike

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frivolity

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silly or trivial behavior

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camaraderie

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a feeling of closeness among a particular group of people

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fraternize

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to socialize with other people - especially people with whom you shouldn’t be friends

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cloying

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sickeningly sweet

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gregarious

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friendly, sociable, talkative

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prattle

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to talk in a silly, childish way

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homogenous

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being similar in nature

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adversary

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opponent

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12
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enmity

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hatred

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13
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altercation

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heated argument

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14
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idolatry

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fanatical worship of something or somebody

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euphoria

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a feeling of great joy

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aloof

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unwilling to get involved, usually out of a sense of superiority

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compulsion

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a force that makes someone do something

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conformity

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behavior that completely complies with accepted standards

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incessant

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nonstop

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strident

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loud, harsh in tone

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vapid

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dull, lacking interests

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inane

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senseless, unimportant

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adroit

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quick and skillful, either physically or mentally

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ponderously

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in a lumbering, slow, and heavy manner

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prodigious

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great in amount or size