Week 10 Vocab Flashcards by Ryan Cui | Brainscape

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Juxaposition

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The act of placing two things next to each other for implicit comparison

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Kudos

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Praise for an achievement

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Languid

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Sluggish from fatigue or weakness

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Libertarian

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Advocating principles of liberty and free will

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Magnanimous

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Noble, generous

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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or transformed

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Modicum

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A small amount of something

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Nadir

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The lowest point of something

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Nefarious

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Heinously villainous

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Obdurate

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Unyielding to persuasion or moral influences

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Oblivious

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Lacking consciousness or awareness of something

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Pacific

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Soothing, peaceful

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Palatable

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Agreeable to the taste or sensibilities

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Quagmire

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A difficult situation

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Quandary

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A perplexed, unresolvable state

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