Week 3 Flashcards

1
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Somber

A

dark or dull

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2
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Satiric

A

sarcastic, critical, mocking

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3
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Urgent

A

imminent; immediate

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4
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Docile

A

submissive

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5
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Disdainful

A

contempt or lack of respect

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6
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Diffident

A

shy, lack of self-confidence.

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7
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Ironic

A

happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.

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8
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Petty

A

of little importance; trivial.

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9
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Elegaic

A

relating to or characteristic of an elegy;
wistfully, mournful

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10
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Lugubrious

A

sad and dismal.

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11
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imminent; immediate

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urgent

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12
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happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.

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ironic

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13
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submissive

A

docile

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14
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of little importance; trivial.

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petty

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15
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shy, lack of self-confidence.

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diffident

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16
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dark or dull

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somber

17
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sarcastic, critical, mocking

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satiric

18
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relating to or characteristic of an elegy;
wistfully, mournful

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Elegaic

19
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contempt or lack of respect

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disdainful

20
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sad and dismal.

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lugubrious