Vocabulary HW #6 Flashcards

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Coalesce

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Come together and form one mass or whole; merge; unite; combine

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Callous

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Uncaring; heartless; insensitive; cold-hearted

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Congenial

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Hospitable; pleasant; agreeable; personable; genial; likable

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Efface

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Erase; eradicate; make oneself appear insignificant or inconspicuous

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Facile

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Simplistic; superficial; effortless; easy

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Fiasco

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Failure; disaster; catastrophe; shambles; farce

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Fortitude

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Courage in pain or adversity; bravery; endurance; resilience; mettle

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Fruitful

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Productive; useful; worthwhile; fertile; fecund; prolific

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Fruitless

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Futile; unproductive; vain;

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Irascible

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Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered; quick-tempered

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; unyielding; inflexible; intransigent; obdurate

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Perverse

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Showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable often In spite of the consequences; unreasonable; irrational; wrong

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Petulant

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Childishly sulky (moody) or bad-tempered; peevish; crabby;

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Querulous

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Petulant; peevish; moody; crabby;

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Vexing

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Make someone feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried especially with trivial matters; irk; exasperate; infuriate

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