Vocab Week 5 Flashcards
1
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acumen
A
keen insight
2
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buffet
A
to strike with force oe an actual buffet
3
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credulity
A
readiness to believe
4
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deprecate
A
to belittle
5
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ephemeral
A
short-lived, fleeting
6
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fractious
A
troublesome or irritable
7
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impervious
A
impenetrable, incapable of being affected
8
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languid
A
sluggish from fatigue or weakness
9
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morass
A
a wet swampy bog; figuratively, something that traps and confuses
10
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nascent
A
in the process of being born or coming into existence
11
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officious
A
offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed
12
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parsimony
A
frugality, stinginess
