Week 23 Flashcards

1
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Having two or more different colors

A

Pied

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2
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self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree.

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Bumptious

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3
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an outcast.

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Pariah

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4
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A woman who flirts

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Coquette

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5
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(of a person) at the point of death.

(of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor.

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Moribund

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6
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the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

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Acumen

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7
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looking or sounding sad and dismal.

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Lugubrious

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8
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act in an excessively subservient manner.

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Kowtow

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9
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fail to fulfill or justify (a claim or expectation); betray.

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Belie

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10
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of, relating to, or consisting of money.

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Pecuniary

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11
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Fool or cheat someone

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Bamboozle

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12
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Alphabet used by the Germanic people

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Runic

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13
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Storyteller

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Raconteur

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14
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To lean or shift

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List

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15
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Translucent, fragile

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Diaphanous

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16
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the student who ranks second highest in a graduating class and delivers the salutatory.

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Salutatorian

17
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treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.

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Facetious

18
Q

the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

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Nomenclature

19
Q

(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. Ziggurats are first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).

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Ziggurat