Vocab List 5 Flashcards

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Adventitious

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Adj; happening or carried on according to chance rather than design or inherent nature

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Abyss

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N; a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm

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Amorphous

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Adj: without a clearly defined shape it form

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Defer

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V; put off to a later time; postpone

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Dilatory

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Adj; bring out delay

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Fluctuate

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V; ride and fall irregularly in a number or amount

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Formidable

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Adj; inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful

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Garrulous

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Adj: excessively talkative on trivial matters

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Incessant

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Adj: continuing without pause or interruption

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Inviolate

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Adj; pure

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Jaunty

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Adj; having or expressing in a lively, cheerful, self confident manner

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Oblivion

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N; state of forgetting

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Presumptuous

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Adj; (person or behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate

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Profusion

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N; an abundance or large quantity of something

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Ravenous

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Adj; extremely hungry

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Saunter

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V; walk in slow, relaxed manner

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Superfluous

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Adj; unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

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Turbulent

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Adj; characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not calm

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Turgid

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Adj; swollen

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Vestige

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N; a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists