Week 2 Vocab Flashcards

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1
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Conjectural

A

guess made with limited data

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2
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Convivial

A

fondness for festivities

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3
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Egregious

A

shockingly bad

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4
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Evanescent

A

vanishing

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5
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Forstall

A

prevent by taking strategic action in advance

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6
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Gainsay

A

deny

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7
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Galvanize

A

inspire

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Indiscriminate

A

lacking judgement with potentially harmful effects

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9
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Innocuous

A

no effect, harmless

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10
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Nettlesome

A

annoyance

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11
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Obviate

A

bypass a potential problem

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12
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Perfidy

A

act of betrayal

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13
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Pugnacious

A

combative

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14
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Sagacious

A

wisdom

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15
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Sanguine

A

cheerfully optimistic

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16
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Scant

A

hardly sufficient

17
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Skullduggery

A

sneaky

18
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Trivial

A

minor significance

19
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Utilitarian

A

practicality & function over aesthetics

20
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Boorish

A

rude

21
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Brook

A

to tolerate or endure annoyance

22
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Circumspect

A

cautious about potential consequences

23
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Comity

A

mutual respect toward others

24
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Commensurate

A

proportionate

25
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Edify

A

teach/ educate

26
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Erudite

A

possessing great knowledge

27
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Fecund

A

highly productive

28
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Feeble

A

weak

29
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Felicitous

A

well suited

30
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Forbear

A

refrain

31
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Haphazard

A

lacking clear order/ direction

32
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Impetuous

A

rash or hasty

33
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Irascible

A

easily angered

34
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Mordant

A

sharply critical in thought

35
Q

Outstrip

A

surpass or do better than

36
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Precarious

A

uncertain

37
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Repudiate

A

reject or refute

38
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Tact

A

skill in handling difficult situations

39
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Trifling

A

lacking significance