Vocab, batch #3 (26-50) Flashcards

1
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Impediment

A

obstacle

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2
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Indolent

A

lazy

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3
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Parsimonious

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stingy, miserly,

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4
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Tractability

A

audience

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5
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Ebullient

A

high spirited

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6
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Indemnify

A

compensate for loss, damage, injury

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7
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Perusal

A

reading/study

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8
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Tepidly

A

unenthusiastically

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9
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Effrontery

A

shameless boldness

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10
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Supersede

A

force out of use; displace

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11
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Blithe

A

merry, joyous

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12
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Prodigious

A

enormous

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13
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Convivial

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fond of eating and drinking

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14
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Jocund

A

cheerful

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15
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Chagrined

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ashamed

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16
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Compunction

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regret, remorse

17
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Contrition

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repentance

18
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Maudlin

A

weakly sentimental and tearful

19
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Poignant

A

piercing, painfully touching

20
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Throes

A

anguish, pangs

21
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Tribulation

A

suffering distress

22
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Cherubic

A

chubby and innocent looking

23
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Attenuate

A

make thin, weaken

24
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Svelte

A

slender, lithe

25
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Detriment

A

injury, a cause of harm/damage