Week 3 Flashcards

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Ebullience

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Intense enthusiasm

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Bombastic

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Given to pompous speech or writing

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding all bounds, as of custom or fairness

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3
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Exuberant

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Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy

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4
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Embellish

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To ornament or decorate; to exaggerate

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5
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Flagrant

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Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable

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6
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Gratuitous

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Given freely; unearned; unnecessary

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7
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Lavish

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Extravagant

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8
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Lugubrious

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Mournful, dismal, gloomy, especially to an exaggerated or ludicrous degree

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Opulent

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Displaying great wealth

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Ornate

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Elaborately decorated

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11
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Penchant

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A strong inclination or liking

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12
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Redundant

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Needlessly repetitive

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Ubiquitous

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Being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time; omnipresent

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14
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Vicarious

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Felt or undergone as if one were taking part in the experience or feelings of another

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15
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Vignette

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A short scene or story

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16
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Amalgam

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A combination of diverse elements; a mixture

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17
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Inundate

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To overwhelm as if with a flood; to swamp

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18
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Multifarious

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Diverse; various

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19
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Multiplicity

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State of being various or manifold; a great number

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20
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Alleviate

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To ease a pain or burden

21
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Beneficial

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Producing or promoting a favorable result; helpful

22
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Cathartic

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Relaxing after a emotional outburst

23
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Curative

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Able to heal or cure

24
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Palliative

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Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

25
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Therapeutic

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Having or exhibiting healing powers

26
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Complement

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Something that completes, goes with, or brings to perfection

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Epitome

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A representative or example of a type

28
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Felicitous

A

Admirably suited; apt

29
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Belie

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To misrepresent

30
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Debunk

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To expose untruths, shams, or exaggerated claims

31
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Dubious

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Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity

32
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Duplicitous

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Deliberately deceptive

33
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Fabricate

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To make up in order to deceive

34
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Fallacy

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A false notion

35
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Mendacious

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Lying; untruthful

36
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Specious

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Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actual false

37
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Ambiguous

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Open to more than one interpretation

38
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Ambivalent

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Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain

39
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Apathetic

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Feeling or showing little emotion

40
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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

41
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Equivocal

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Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to mislead; ambiguous

42
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Erratic

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Markedly inconsistent

43
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Impetuous

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Suddenly and forcefully energetic or emotional; impulsive and passionate

44
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Impetus

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An impelling force or stimulus

45
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Sporadic

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Occurring at irregular intervals; having no pattern or order in time

46
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Vacillate

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To stay from one side to the other; oscillate

47
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Whimsical

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Characterized by whim; unpredictable

48
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Flag

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To decline in vigor or strength; to tire; to droop

49
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Jaded

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Worn out; wearied