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Vocabulary #5 Flashcards

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pellucid

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translucently clear

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evasive

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evading something

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nimbler

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quick and light in movement or action;

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callow

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immature and inexperienced

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bulwark

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something that protects you from unpleasant situations

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fiasco

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complete failure

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connoisseur

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expert judge in matters of taste

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gelid

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icy

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agog

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very curious

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churlish

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rude in a mean-spirited way

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surly

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rude in a mean-spirited way

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coax

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gentle persuasion

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subtle

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done in an extremely elaborate way

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cajole

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subtle coaxing

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asunder

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apart from each other either in position or direction

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chagrin

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feeling of annoyance or irritation at having failed or humiliated

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paragon

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a person or a thing regarded as a perfect excellent example for a particular quality

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rescind

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cancel officially

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abstain

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restrain

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exigency

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urgent demand

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grok

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to understand

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supercilious

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behaving as if one’s superior

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eloquence

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fluent or pursasive way of writing or speaking

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entice

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attract or tempt by offering pleasure and advantages

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hunch

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raise (one’s shoulders) and bend the top of one’s body forward.

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clairvoyant

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a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.

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avant-garde

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employing the latest styles and ideas and creativity

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candid

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frank

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cerebral

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intellectual rather than emotional

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concise

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giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words; brief but comprehensive.

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comprehensive

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of large content or scope; wide-ranging.

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versatility

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learning to adapt to different activites and functions

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glutton

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greedy for something

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insular

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not open for views

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frevently

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enthusiastically, passionately

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supplicating

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beg earnestly and humbly

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