Vocab 9 Flashcards by Ruya Balog

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Contentious

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Quarrelsome, stirring controversy,

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Daunt

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to intimidate, to dismay

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Debilitate

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to weaken, enfeeble

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Discord

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lack of agreement

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Dissemination

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the act of spreading widely, scattering

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Dogmatic

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strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

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Duplicity

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double dealing, hypocrisy (two faced)

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Egocentric

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self-centered, selfish

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Euphemism

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substitution of an offensive term for a non offensive one.

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Gluttonous

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greedy for food and drink

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Mundane

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ordinary, common place

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Ominous

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threatening

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Petulance

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unreasonable touchiness or irritability

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Pompous

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exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic

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Precocious

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exceptionally early in development or occurrence.

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slothful

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lazy, indolent

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Trivia

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insignificant matters

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Verbose

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wordy, very talkitive

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Virulent

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extremely poisonous, hateful

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Volatile

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quickly changeable, early vaporized.