Vocabulary 3 Flashcards

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Sanguine

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Red; cheerfully optimistic

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Junction a position

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To compare

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Fortuitous

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Fortunate; lucky

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Wanton

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Unprovoked; uncalled for; unnecessary

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5
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Sagacity

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Wisdom; wise

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Truculent

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Fierce

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7
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Prig

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Prude

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Perpetuity

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Forever time period without end. Can be a legal thing

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9
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Inebriated

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Drunk

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10
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Libertine

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Without any moral compass; libertine to a prig

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Aspersion

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Bad; slander, bad remark

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12
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Munificent

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Generous

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13
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Collusion

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Secret agreement by a party; small group group planned illegally

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14
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colloquial

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unconventional style; regular/normal style rather than formal

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15
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Corpulent

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Fat

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16
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Conflagration

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A Massive fire

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17
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Epigram

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a short and clever poem or saying

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18
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Miscreant

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Delinquent; someone who behaves poorly

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19
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Inimitable

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Unable to be copied; someone who is original

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20
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Imperious

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Over bearing; dominant (in an annoying way)

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21
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Catharsis

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Cleansing; purge

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22
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Imbibe

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To take in (usually with alcohol); part take

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23
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Malaise

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A funk

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24
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Façade

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A front or mask; false front

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Amorphous
Without shape
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Jocular
Happy; joyful; joking
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Vituperative
Rude; belligerent; harshly critical
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Anathema
A cursed person; cousin of a pariah; disliked, stayed away from
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Cavalcade
Procession or parade
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Deferential
Willing to submit; give into
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Genteel
Refined; polite; good manners
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Discord
Chaos conflict
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Behoove
Benefit
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Abridged
Shortened
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Coalition
A group of cooperating forces
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Axiom
A belief; a saying
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Stoic
Unemotional; doesn't affect whether happy or not. Does not change attitude
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Indecipherable
Difficult to understand
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Penchant
A "knack" or desire for something. A "knack" for ribs. "Strong liking for something or a strong tendency to behave in a certain way"
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Antonomy
Self-reliant
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Opaque
Unintelligible (relating to text in this matter/def)
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Obtuse
Difficult to understand; blunt; not sharp. Relation to humans
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Hedonist
Motivated by pleasure; headness???
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Provisional
Temporary
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Windfall
Bonus; stumble upon something unexpected
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Epithet
Engraving on tombstone
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Epigram?
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Epigraph
?
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Assuage
to relieve
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Dictum
Bossy
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Taciturn
quiet
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malevolent
evil
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Nebulous
Cloudy; unclear; no recollection, can't remember
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Mortification
horrified; state of uncomfortable or emberressed
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Iniquities
sins; evil doings, flaws
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fractious
irritiable
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Libel
written besmirchment
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Slander
verbal, spoken besmirchment
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Besmirch
speaking ill of someone
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Diversion
Distraaction; hobby?
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Invective
"naughty words," inappropriate language, hardcore insults. Bob Ewell? Mrs. Dubose?
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Unobtrusive
not intruding; not getting int he way
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Litigants
People involved in a courtcase
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Litigate
to sue