Vocabulary 140-160 Flashcards

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Inelegant

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Lacking of refinement, grace, or good taste

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Posturing

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false behavior in order to impress or deceive people

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Comical

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Something that is funny

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Reduction

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Already did it on another vocabulary set

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Liberal

A

Someone who is open-minded and not strict

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Grim

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Something that is so unpleasant that is pushes us away

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Monopolise

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To take over and control

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Amalgamation

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Joining two or more things to make a larger thing of something

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Dissertation

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An extended usually written treatment of a subject

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Consummate

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Very skillful

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Epochs

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An event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development

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Vain

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Already did it on another set of my vocabulary words

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Permeate

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To spread through something and be present in every part of it

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Sustain

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Already did it on another set of my vocabulary

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Rattlebrain

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A flighty or thoughtless person

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Pomps

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A ceremony

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Laud

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To praise and admire

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vainglorious

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Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements

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exquisite

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Emphasize that a feeling or quality is very great or intense

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acquiescing

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The act of agreeing to something by being silent