Week 3 vocab Flashcards by Jac D

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Truculent

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combative

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Predilection

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fondness, bias towards

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Preclude

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prevent something

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Pervasive

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prevalent, spreading quickly & in great number

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Perfunctory

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done with effort

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Panacea

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perfect care for something

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Ostentatious

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showy, pretentious, designed to impress

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Obeisance

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reverence / respect

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Mawkish

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overly sentimental in a way that seems insincere

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Limpid

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easily to understand

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Fractious

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irritable; unruly

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droll

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humorous

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clandestine

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secretive

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churlish

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rude

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boisterous

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lively

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abhor

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loathe

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tout

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praise

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supersede

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replace

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stoic

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showing no emotion

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sumnolent

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sleepy

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salutary

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beneficial in health

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provincial

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not sophisticated

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Portend

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indicate unpleasant will happen

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myopic

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short sighted, narrow, lacking creativity

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Hamper

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hinder

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Furtive

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pretend

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Feign

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pretend

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Exculpate

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clear from blame, absolve

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Esoteric

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difficult to understand

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Eschew

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avoid

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Antithesis

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contrast

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Acumen

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good judgment

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Trifling

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lacking importance

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Repudiate

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reject

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Felicitous

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well suited

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brook

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tolerate annoyance

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Sanguine

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optimistic

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Sagacious

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wise

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Perfidy

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betrayal

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Obviate

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bypass potential problem

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Indiscriminate

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lacking judgment

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Conjectural

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guess with limited data

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Tendentious

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biased provocative view

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Sedulous

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details

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Platitude

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banal remark

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Intransigent

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stubborn

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Dearth

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lack

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Arbitrary

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by chance not reason

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Pertinacious

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stubbornly holding onto a belief

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Empirical

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based on observation or experience

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Probity

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strong ethical standards

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Specious

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reasonable but actually wrong

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Spurious

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bogus

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Admonish

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scold

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irresolute

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uncertain

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Impertinent

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inappropriate

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Imperious

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arrogent

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