Vocab 41-60 Flashcards by Emily Lawson | Brainscape

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Affront

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Insult

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Blasé

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Unimpressed

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Cajole

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Persuade someone to do something

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Choleric

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Bad tempered, irritable

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Encumber

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Restrict so movement is difficult

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Feckless

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Lacking initiative

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Impasse

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Situation where no progress can be made

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Indolent

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Laziness

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Lugubrious

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Looking or sounding sad

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Ribald

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Vulgar or indecent speech

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Adulation

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Excessive devotion to someone

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Censure

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Strong expression of disapproval

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Dissemble

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Conceal the truth

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Dissimulation

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Concealment of one’s thoughts

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Droll

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Amusing in an odd way

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Expectorate

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Eject from throat by coughing

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Palpate

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Examine by touch

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Peremptory

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No opportunity for denial

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking courage

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Surfeit

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Excess