Vocab one Flashcards by Alyric Buckner - Student

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Meticulous

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excessively careful, scrupulous

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Urbane

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notably polite or polished in manner

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Sagacity

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the quality of being keen in judgement

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Edify

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to instruct to improve, enlighten, or uplift

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Muse

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to become absorbed in thought; to turn something over in the mind

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Abate (verb)

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Lessen

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Belligerent (adjective)

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Aggressive, warlike

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Callous

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Insensitive

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Debacle

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Failure

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Eclectic

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From diverse sources

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Faction

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group within a larger group

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Garish

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tastelessly showy

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Histrionic

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excessively dramatic or emotional

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Impetuous

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rash, passionate

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Jovial

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cheerful

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Latent, latency

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the state of being not yet evident or active

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Malleable

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capable of being shaped, pliable

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Nefarious

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evil

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Ostensible

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apparent, seeming

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Pacifist

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one who completely opposes violence

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Quell

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suppress

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Rampant

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unrestrained, growing

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Sanction

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formally approve or a threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule

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Tenacious

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stubborn, determined

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Unabashed

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not embarrassed

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Vanquish

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conquer, defeat

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Wrath

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anger

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Zealot

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Fanatic

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Aberration

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deviation, not normal

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Benevolent

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generous

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Cajole

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coax

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Decimate

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destroy

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Embroiled

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involved in an argument or conflict

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Flippant

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disrespectful

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Grandiose

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pompous, pretentious

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Hasten

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speed up the progress of something

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Incredulous

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skeptical

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Judicious

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Fair

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Listless

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sluggish

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Marred

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impair the quality of something