Vocab 9 Flashcards by steven Knight

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Paragon

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A model of excellence or perfection

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Pedant

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Someone who shows off learning

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Perfidious

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Faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy

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Perfunctory

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Done without care; in a routine fashion

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Lucid

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Clear and easily understood

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Malleable

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Easy to shape or bend

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates or despises people

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Obfuscate

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To confuse

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Obsequious

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Overly submissive and eager to please

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Obstinate

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Stubborn

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Impetuous

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Rash, impulsive

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Insipid

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Lacking flavor; dull;

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Intransigent

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Refusing to compromise

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Inundate

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To flood, overflow by numbers or size

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Irascible

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Easily angered, irritable

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Loquacious

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Very talkative

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Extrapolate

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To infer or estimate by extending or projecting known information

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Fervid

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Intensely emotional; feverish

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Florid

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Showy, excessively ornate

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Foment

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To stir up; to incite