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Vocab 3 Flashcards

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detractor

A

critic, disparages someone or something

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cognoscenti

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people well informed about particular subject

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3
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malcontent

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troublemaker, agitator, dissident

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retrospective

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looking back on or dealing with past situations

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impressionist

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painter, writer, or composer of Impressionism

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seminal

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influential

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canonical

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established

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serial

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taking place in a series OR repeated predictable behavior

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antithetical

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incompatible

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frankness

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open and honest

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candor

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open and honest, frankness

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sedentary

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spending much time seated

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incipient

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beginning to develop, inchoate

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stalwart

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loyal, reliable, hardworking

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stout

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fat OR determined

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irrefragable

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not able to be refuted/disproved

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tottering

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unsteady

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fecund

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fertile

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transient

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temporary

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incessant

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continue without pause or interruption

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elocution

A

clear and expressive speech

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paean

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hymn

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oratory

A

small chapel

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panegyric

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eulogy, paean

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harangue

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tirade, diatribe

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taint

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trace of bad quality OR contaminate

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conclude

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bring something to an end

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lionized

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give a lot of public attention and approval to, celebrate

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coax

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persuade

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intractable

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hard to control or deal with

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lackadaisical

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carelessly lazy, sluggish, lethargic

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incapacitated

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deprived of strength or power, debiliated

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apocryphal

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fictitious, made up, spurious

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shrewd

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clever, perceptive, astute (she was shrewd enough to guess the motive behind his gesture)

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hapless

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unfortunate

36
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duplicitous

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deceitful

37
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listless

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lethargic

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artless

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without guile or deception

39
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mendacious

A

deceitful

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