Vocabulary #16 Flashcards by Henry Duong | Brainscape

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind

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Hyperbole

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Obvious exaggeration

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Incontrovertible

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Indisuputable

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Irascible

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Irritable, easily angered, cranky, cross

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Laconic

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Using a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude

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Magnanimity

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Having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit

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Obsequious

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Overtly attentive, like a sycophant, servile

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Proliferation

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An increase in number, multiplication

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Scrupulous

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Very principled, very careful and conscientious

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Sublime

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Exated, noble, uplifting

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Surreptitious

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Secret, clandestine, stealthy

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Veracity

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Devotion to the truth

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Zeal

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Enthusiasm, fervor

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