Vocab List #5 Flashcards
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Munificent
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Generous
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Nihilism
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Belief that existence and all traditional values are meaningless
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Mendacious
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Dishonest
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Ontology
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Theory about the nature of existence
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Perfunctory
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Done in routine way
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Serendipity
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Habit of making fortunate discoveries by chance
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Scintillator
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To sparkle to flash to be brilliant
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Somnolent
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Drowsy sleepy including sleep
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Usury
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Practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Vacuous
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Empty void lacking intelligence purposeless
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Patricide
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Murder of ones father
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Panache
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Flamboyance, verve; a confident stylish manner
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Martyr
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Person dying for his or her beliefs
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Maladroit
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Clumsy, tactless
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Invidious
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Envious, obnoxious
