Week 2 Flashcards

1
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Accost

A

To aggressively approach

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2
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Adroit

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Clever,skillful

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3
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Avid

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Enthusiastic, eager

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4
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Cajole

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To coax, wheedle

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5
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Enhance

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To make greater, to intensify, heighten

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6
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Fabricate

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To make up a lie

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7
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Felon

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Criminal

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8
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Furtive

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Sly, cunning or deceitful, secret, stealth

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9
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Gesticulate

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To use lively gestures, to move the arms energetically

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10
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Hapless

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Unlucky, unfortunate

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11
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Intrepid

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Courageous, brave

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12
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Irate

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Angry, incensed

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13
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Laconic

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Concise, pithy, expressing much in few words

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14
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Nuance

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Slight variation in meaning, tone, etc.
Shade of difference

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15
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Plethora

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Excess,overabundance

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16
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Pretext

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An excuse

17
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Reticent

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Uncommunicative, inclined to be reserved

18
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Rudimentary

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Basic, elementary

19
Q

Throng

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A crowd, a great number of people

20
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Vigilant

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Watchful, alert