vocabulary Flashcards

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Mellifluous

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a sound that is sweet and smooth, pleasing to hear

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Mischief

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a behavior or an activity that is annoying but that is not meant to cause serious harm or damage

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Ineffable

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to great to be express in words

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Epoch

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a particular period of time in history or a person’s life

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5
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Limerence

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a state being obsessively infatuated with someone

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Truculent

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quick to argue or fight

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Delineate

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to describe or portray something

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Daunt

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to make someone feel intimidated

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Protean

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able to change frequently or easily

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Conundrum

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a confusing and difficult question or problem

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Contentious

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causing or likely to cause an argument

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Vituperate

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to blame or insult someone in a strong or violent language

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Diaphanous

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delicate and translucent

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Epitome

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a perfect example of a particular quality or type

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Tawdry

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showy but cheap and poor quality

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rhodomontade

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a vain and empty boasting speech

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renegade

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a person who betrays an organization or a set of principles

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flexuous

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having turns or windings

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testator

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a person who makes will

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espial

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the act of detecting something or catching sight of something

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arduous

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difficult or tiring

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deleterious

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causing harm or damage

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desist

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cease or abstain

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devoid

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entirely lacking

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accede
agree or accept
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vernacular
local language
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facetious
inappropriate
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fauxpas
mistake
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intractable
hard to control
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exacerbate
worsen
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antsy
restless
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deprecate
disapprove
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affluent
rich
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amicable
friendly
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complacent
contented
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Gullible
naive
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abhor
to regard with disgust or hatred
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vex
to annoy or frustrate someone
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ameliorate
to make something better
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obfuscate
to make something unclear
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altruistic
showing selfless concern for the well being of others
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ephemeral
lasting for a very short time
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tenacious
persistent
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magnanimous
generous and forgiving
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apathy
lack of interest
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epitaph
a commemorative inscription on a tomb
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epiphany
sudden realization
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paradox
an opinion or statement contrary to commonly accepted opinion
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plethora
overabundance or excess
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nemesis
something that a person cannot conquer
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reverie
lost in one's thoughts
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insatiable
impossible to satisfy
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pensive
deep in thought or contemplating
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quaint
attractively unusual
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quixotic
unrealistic and impractical
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alleviate
to make it easier to endure
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superficial
lacking in content or shallow
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futile
incapable of producing useful results
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grotesque
weird
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clandestine
something that is done secretly
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incredulous
unable to believe something
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ubiquitous
found everywhere
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perfunctory
done without care
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intransigent
refuse to change
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prosaic
dull or lacking in imagination