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Vocab #3 Flashcards

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Strident

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Harsh, insistent, discordant

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Contemplative

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Lost in thought, meditative

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Conciliatory

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To regain or try to regain friendship or goodwill by pleasant behavior, to appease

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Sycophant

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One who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people

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Capricious

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Impulsive, unpredictable

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain or unable to decide

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Scornful

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Full of scorn, derisive, contemptuous

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Acerbic

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Sour or bitter tasting, acidic, sharp or biting

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Cynical

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Bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic

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Condescending

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Displaying or patronizingly superior attitude, stooping to the level of ones inferiors

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