Vocab List 1 Definitions Flashcards

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Animated

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full of life and excitment

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Whimsical

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playfully quaint or fanciful

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Wretched

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misery or sorrow

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Dispassionate

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devoid of personal feeling or bias

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5
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Ambivalent

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having mixed feelings about someone or something

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Gullible

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easily deceived or cheated

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Befuddled

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confused or muddled

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Apathetic

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having or showing little or no emotion

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Fuming

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feel or express great anger

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Earnest

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serious and sincere

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Contemptuous

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showing contempt or disdain

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Pretentious

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making an exaggerated outward show

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Indignant

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feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Placating

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to appease or pacify, especially by concessions or conciliatory gestures

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Pompous

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characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance:

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Caustic

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severely critical or sarcastic

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Frivolous

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self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose.

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Reverent

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deeply respectful

19
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Detached

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impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased