Week 3 Flashcards

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Acuity

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Sharpness of perception or mind

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Affable

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Friendly; agreeable

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3
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Assuage

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To reduce pain

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4
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Avarice

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Greed

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Dissonance

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Lack of agreement or harmony

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Listless

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Without energy or enthusiasm

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Philistine

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One who lacks culture or taste

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Scrupulous

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Concerned; conscientious; proper

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Tentative

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Not final; uncertain

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Adulation

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Adoration;praise

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly opinionated

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12
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Futile

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Hopeless; without effect

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13
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Languid

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Slow and listless

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Pious

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Religious; devout

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Ponderous

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Weighty; heavy

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Protracted

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Drawn out; lengthy

17
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Deference

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A show of respect

18
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Pedestrian

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Commonplace; ordinary

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Paucity

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Scarcity; limited

20
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Profuse

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Very abundant; flowing

21
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Conciliate

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To sooth anger

22
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Contrite

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Thoroughly sorry

23
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Didactic

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Intending to teach

24
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Diffident

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Shy; lacking confidence

25
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Digression

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Straying from a topic

26
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Dissent

A

Disagreement

27
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Elucidate

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To explain; to make clear

28
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Gullible

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Overly trusting

29
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Strut

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A self-important walk

30
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Denounce

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To speak against publicly

31
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Laud

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To praise

32
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Surreptitious

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Secret

33
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Astute

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Clever; shrewd; ready

34
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Zeal

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Enthusiasm