Week 1: # 36-42 Flashcards

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Precarious

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(adj.) lacking stability, dangerously uncertain, or subject to unknown circumstances; based on uncertain or dubious premises

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Din

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(n) a loud, clamorous noise

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Artifice

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(n) a crafty, cunning trick or stratagem; deception or false behavior

cleverness, skill, or ingenuity

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Artless

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(adj.) uncultured or ignorant, lacking in knowledge

poorly or crudely made; without artificiality; natural, sincere

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Plethora

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(n) excess, profusion, overabundance

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Ebullience

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(adj.) liveliness or exuberance, esp. in manner or expression

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Plasticity

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(n) capacity to be molded or made to assume or hold a shape

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