Vocab Unit 5 & 6 Flashcards

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Guile (noun)

A

craftiness; cunning

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2
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Proffered (verb)

A

to offer

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Seraphic (adjective)

A

angelic; of the highest order of angels

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Amorphous (adjective)

A

disorganized; of not particular form or type

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5
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Decorum (noun)

A

polite behavior

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Proteges (noun)

A

someone whose welfare/career is guided by a more influential person

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7
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Sanguine (adjective)

A

naturally cheerful and hopeful

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Doggerel (noun)

A

badly written or trivial verse

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facile (adjective)

A

easily done; done with ease

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Implicit (adjective)

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Implied; unquestioning; absolute

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Nondescript (adjective)

A

hard to describe

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12
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Sundry (adjective)

A

various; miscellaneous

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Inveigle (verb)

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To win over with trickery or flattery

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14
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Dogma (noun)

A

A belief or set of beliefs held to be true (ex. religion)

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Scurrilous (adjective)

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foul mouthed

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16
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Parsimonious (adjective)

A

Too economically stingy

17
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Exhort (verb)

A

To urge strongly

18
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Nonentities (noun)

A

A person or thing of little or no importance; imaginary

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Vociferous (adjective)

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Loud and noisy