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Vocabulary 10th Grade #07 Flashcards

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Ornate

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adjective - elaborately decorated or sumptuously adorned; excessively showy

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Parsimonious

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adjective - stingy; extremely or excessively frugal or economical
noun - parsimony

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Pundit

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noun - an expert or authority

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Fin de Siècle

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noun (French) - end of the century

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Cadre

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noun - a group of experienced persons who organize a business, political party, etc.

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Apprehensive

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adjective - uneasy; afraid or anxious about the future

adverb - apprehensively

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Callous

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adjective - unfeeling, insensitive; thick and hardened; having calluses
adverb - callously

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Commendable

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adjective - deserving approval or credit; praiseworthy

adverb - commendably

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Indignant

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adjective - angered by the unfairness or meanness of something
adverb - indignantly

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Ineffectual

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adjective - unable to produce a desired result; inadequate
adjective - ineffective
adverb - ineffectually

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Judicious

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adjective - showing good judgement; wise and careful; discreet; prudent
adverb - judiciously

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Mystic

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adjective - mysterious; mystifying
noun - a person who believes that truth or God can best be known through spiritual insight; a religious seeker
adverb - mysticallly
adjective - mystical

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Paraphrase

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verb - to state in other words

noun - a rewording of the meaning of a text or speech

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Funicular

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noun - a short, steep railway with the ascending and descending cars counterbalanced

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Verbatim

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adverb - word-for-word; in the exact words

adjective - following the original word for word

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Milieu

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noun - an environment or setting; social setting; one’s element, surrounds, or sphere

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Overt

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adjective - open and observable

adverb - overtly

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Boisterous

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adjective - noisily rough and rowdy; violent

adverb - boisterously

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Hyperbole

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noun - an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis

adjective - hyperbolic

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Tawny

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adjective - a shade of brown tinged with yellow

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Cataclysm

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noun - a sudden and violent upheaval or disaster that causes great changes in society
adjective - cataclysmic

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