Week 2 Flashcards

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Differentiate

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Evolve so as to lead to a new species or develop in a way most suited to the environment

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2
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Discord

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Lack of agreement or harmony

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Discreet

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Careful to protect one’s speech or actions in order to avoid offense or draw attention

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4
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Disheartened

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Made less hopeful or enthusiastic

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5
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Eccentric

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Highly unconventional or unusual (usually describes a person)

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Elaborate

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Marked by complexity and richness of detail

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Elaborate

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Explain in more detail

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Embellish

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Make more attractive by adding ornament, color etc.
Make more beautiful

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Emulate

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Strive to equal or match, especially by irritating; complete with successfully

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10
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Evasive

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Avoiding or escaping form difficulty or danger or commitment

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Evasive

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Deliberately vague or ambiguous

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12
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Exasperate

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To irritate intensely

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Forthright

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Characterized by directness in manner or speech, without subtlety or evasion

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Guffaw

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Laugh boisterously

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15
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Hamper

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Prevent the progress or free movement of

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16
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Inadvertent

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Happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally

17
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Inarticulate

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Without or deprived of the use of speech or words

18
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Malady

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A disease or sickness

19
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Malodorous

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Having an unpleasant smell

20
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Melancholy

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A deep long lasting sadness

21
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Obliging

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Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors or others

22
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Patronize

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Treat condescending

23
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Qualm

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Uneasiness about fitness of an action

24
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Quip 1

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A witty saying or remark

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Quip 2

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To make a witty remark, to say in jest