Vocabulary Seventeen Flashcards
1
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appropriate
A
to take (for oneself)
2
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bearish
A
rough; tending to depress stock prices
3
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bullish
A
obstinate; tending to cause a rise in stock prices
4
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prehensile
A
adapted for seizing
5
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interlocutor
A
questioner
6
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culpable
A
deserving blame
7
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perspicacious
A
having insight
8
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euphemism
A
an agreeable or inoffensive expression which is substituted for one which may be offensive
9
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euphuism
A
flowery expression
10
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Philistine
A
uncultured
11
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cupidity
A
greed, avarice
12
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anomaly
A
irregularity; inconsistency
13
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mendacious
A
lying
14
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moribund
A
approaching death, in the state of dying
15
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flaccid
A
flabby
16
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lugubrious
A
mournful, sad
17
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ancillary
A
subordinate, auxiliary
18
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temerity
A
boldness, rashness
19
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recalcitrant
A
disobedient; resisting authority
20
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contrition
A
regret for wrongdoing
