Vocab-List 4 Flashcards by Sophie Broome | Brainscape

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deprecate

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to express strong disapproval of

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ebb

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to decline; diminish

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guile

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crafty deceit; cunning; dishonesty

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indigent

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poverty-stricken

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lucid

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clear; rational; easily understood; clear-minded

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paucity

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scarcity; smallness in number or amount

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taciturn

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uncommunicative; habitually untalkitive

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tawdry

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gaudy and cheap; vulgarly ornamental

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urbane

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polished; courteous, sophisticated

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awe

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solemn wonder

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bitter

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exhibiting strong animosity as a result of pain or grief

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derisive

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ridiculing, mocking

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didactic

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author attempts to educate or instruct the reader

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fanciful

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using the imagination

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incredulous

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skeptical; disbelieving

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haughty

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proud and vain to the point of arrogance

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copious

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abundant;plentiful