Vocab Flashcards

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Vacillate

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To move back and forth between choices, unable to decide

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Vilify

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To defame; attack ones reputation

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Viscous

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Resistant to flow, thick liquid, sticky

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Wane

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To grow gradually smaller

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Wanton

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Excessive, uncontrollable, lustful

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Wizened

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Old and wrinkled, withered

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Xenophobia

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Fear/hatred of anything foreign

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Animosity

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Feeling of resentment

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Blithe

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Merry, carefree

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Didactic

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Informative, intended to teach

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Diminution

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The act of decreasing

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12
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Disputatious

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Tends to argue

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13
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Duplicity

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Sneakiness

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Engender

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To cause to exist

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Equivocal

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Misleading, uncertain

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Exonerate

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To free from blame

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Grandiose

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Large, grand, filled with splendor

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Gratuitous

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Free of charge, uncalled for

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Impugn

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To attack with words, to accuse of beg false

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Indiscriminate

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Without careful consideration

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Insidious

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Gradually harmful, educative

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Interlocutor

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Someone who participates in a conversation

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Nebulous

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Unclear,vague

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Oblivious

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Unaware, forgetful

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Ostentatious
Overdone to the point of showing off
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Perturbation
Disturbance
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Provincial
Limited or restricted
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Quixotic
Impractical, idealistic
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Sagacity
Wisdom, shrewdness
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Upbraid
To criticize, to scold