Week 2 Vocab Flashcards by Jac D

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Conjectural

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guess made with limited data

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Convivial

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fondness for festivities

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Egregious

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shockingly bad

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Evanescent

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vanishing

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Forstall

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prevent by taking strategic action in advance

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Gainsay

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deny

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Galvanize

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inspire

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Indiscriminate

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lacking judgement with potentially harmful effects

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Innocuous

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no effect, harmless

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Nettlesome

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annoyance

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Obviate

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bypass a potential problem

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Perfidy

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act of betrayal

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Pugnacious

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combative

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Sagacious

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wisdom

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Sanguine

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cheerfully optimistic

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Scant

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hardly sufficient

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Skullduggery

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sneaky

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Trivial

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minor significance

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Utilitarian

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practicality & function over aesthetics

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Boorish

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rude

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Brook

A

to tolerate or endure annoyance

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Circumspect

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cautious about potential consequences

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Comity

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mutual respect toward others

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Commensurate

A

proportionate

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Edify

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teach/ educate

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Erudite

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possessing great knowledge

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Fecund

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highly productive

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Feeble

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weak

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Felicitous

A

well suited

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Forbear

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refrain

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Haphazard

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lacking clear order/ direction

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Impetuous

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rash or hasty

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Mordant

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sharply critical in thought

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Outstrip

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surpass or do better than

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Precarious

A

uncertain

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Repudiate

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reject or refute

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Tact

A

skill in handling difficult situations

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Trifling

A

lacking significance