Vocab 5 Flashcards by Daphne Cheung | Brainscape

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immaculate

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clean, perfect, tidy

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slipshod

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perfunctory; done lacking care

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churlish

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rude and surly

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plaudit

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praise

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bovine

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relating to cows; slow and dumb

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immutable

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permanent, persistent

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primeval

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old, antiquated, archaic

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redolent

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aroma, fragrant, sweet-smelling

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apogee

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pinnacle, summit, zenith

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axiom

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a saying or proverb

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acrid

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pungent, bad smelling

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tyro

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a neophyte, a noob

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aphorism

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a saying or proverb

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maudlin

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overly sentimental

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goassamer

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thin and delicate

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unctuous

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oily, excessive sucking up

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inane

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foolish and dumb

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voluble

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talkative

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doctrinaire

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holding onto beliefs strongly

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vitriolic

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filled with bitterness and resentment

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acquiescent

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compliant

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disconsolate

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depressed and dejected

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oracular

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hard to interpret, cryptic

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lissome

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graceful and agile

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theocracy

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ruled by religion

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surmise

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to hypothesize and infer

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portend

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to foreshadow

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sibylline

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can tell the future

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gustatory

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to do with the sense of taste

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asphyxiate

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to suffocate

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remunerate

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to pay salaries

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procure

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to obtain something that is difficult to get

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hidebound

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conservative, narrow-minded

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emancipate

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free from restrictions

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cataclysmic

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catastrophic

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pernicious

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having bad effects, harmful

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stalwart

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loyal, reliable and hardworking

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gargantuan

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enormous

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ravenous

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very hungry

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capricious

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mercurial

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bereavement

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to be deprived of a loved one

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vicissitude

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a change in fortune

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myopic

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lacking foresight; not proactive

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officious

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disaffected, not obeying

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extant

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still in existence; surviving

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antics

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foolish, outrageous or amusing behaviour

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halcyon

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referring to a period of time in the past that was idyllic and utopic (happy and peaceful)

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peevish

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easily irritated

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denude

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to make bare

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consummate

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to complete