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Week 3 Vocab Flashcards

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Somatic

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Adjective

  • pertaining to the body
  • !43@-58!( to the wall of the body cavity
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Fluke

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Noun

  • a stroke of good luck; a chance occurrence or accident
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Doff

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Verb

  • to take off or remove in greeting (clothes or hat)
  • to put aside or discard
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Apocryphal

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Adjective

  • of questionable authenticity or origin; spurious
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Scurvy

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Noun
- a wasting disease caused by vitamin c deficiency

Adjective
- contemptible, despicable or mean

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Apposite

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Adjective

-appropriate, relevant or apt

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Squalid

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Adjective

  • foul,dirty or wretched as from extreme poverty of neglect
  • morally repulsive or sordid
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Garrulous

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Adjective

  • wordy; overly talkative and given too long, rambling, often trivial speech
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Gambol

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Verb

  • to frolic, to skip or leap about playful
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Fulminate

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Verb

  • to send out or issue with denunciation, incentive or condemnation
  • to explode
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Salubrious

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Adjective

  • prompting or conducive to health or well being
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Abscission

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Noun

  • the act of cutting off
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Gauche

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Adjective

  • lacking in tact, sensitivity of other social graces
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Truculent

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Adjective

  • ferocious, cruel or savage
  • deadly or destructive
  • scathing or harsh
  • belligerent or aggressive disposed to fighting
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Asperity

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Noun

  • rigor or severity
  • roughness, unevenness or harshness as of surface or sound of manner or temper
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Finesse

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Noun

  • skillful or adroit handling
  • refinement or delicacy or performance, skill or workmanship
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Germane

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Adjective

  • relevant or closely related
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Viscid

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Adjective

  • having a sticky, adhesive or viscous quality or consistency
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Glib

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Adjective

  • fluent in speaking or writing to the point of insincerity or thoughtlessness
  • done with natural ease or offhand nonchalance
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Requite

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Verb

  • to repay or make return for; to reciprocate
  • to avenge
  • to recompense for a service, benefit or injury
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Grouse

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Verb
- to complain, grumble

Noun

  • a grievance, a persistent complaint
  • any types of plump, chicken like game bird
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Appreciable

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Adjective

  • possible to see, measure of estimate
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Flag

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Verb

  • to signal with or as with a flag
  • to fall off energy, vigor, interest or activity
  • to drop or hang loose

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