Week 3 Vocab Flashcards by Taylor Dunn | Brainscape

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Showing luminous colors that seem to change

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Iridescent

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Following a winding bendy course

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Meander

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Having little or no money

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Impecunious

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Present in large quantities

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Prolific

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Make someone less angry or hostile

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Placate

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Behaving as if you’re superior to others

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Supercilious

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Wrong or inaccurate use of term

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Misnomer

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Misleading, actually wrong

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Specious

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Extremely distasteful, unacceptable in conflict

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Repugnant

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Wary, unwilling to take risk

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Circumspect

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Eager or quick to argue

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Pugnacious

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Showing wish to do evil to others

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Malevolent

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Gentle, kindly or not harmful

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Benign

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Showing unsatisfaction with oneself

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Complacent

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Appearing to be true until examined closely

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Superficial

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Relentless, unstoppable

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Implacable

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Persisting for a long time, reoccurring

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Chronic

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Bestowing a blessing

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Benediction

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Word or phrase with intention of evil

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Malediction

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To take place of

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Supersede

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Person who behaves badly, breaks law

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Miscreant

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Well meaning and kindly

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Benevolent

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Person who dislikes humankind

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Misanthrope

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Person who gives money to help a cause or person

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Benefactor

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Not easily upset or excited, calm

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Placid

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Plac

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To make calm

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Spec & Spic

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See or observe

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Chron

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Time

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Pug

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Fight or disagreement

Q

Bene- or Ben-

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Well or good

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Mal- or Male-

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Bad, ill or wrong

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Super-

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Above and beyond

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Mis-

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Wrong or bad