Vocabulary 4 Flashcards
1
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Desolate
A
empty, alone, left out
2
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Ostentation
A
pretentious or showy outward display
3
Q
Curmudgeon
A
a cranky and stubborn old person
4
Q
Frolic
A
to play happily and boisterously
5
Q
Guile
A
quality of being crafty and deceitful
6
Q
Piety
A
righteousness or devotion to religious practices
7
Q
Perspicacious
A
to be wise and discerning
8
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Fallibility
A
the tendency to be wrong or make mistakes
9
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Preposterous
A
ridiculous
10
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Idiosyncrasy
A
a peculiar behavioral attribute
11
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Travail
A
painful effort
12
Q
Mundane
A
lacking excitement
13
Q
Reverie
A
being pleasantly lost in thought
14
Q
Veritable
A
an intensifier for a metaphor (true, real)
15
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Poignant
A
evoking sadness or regret
