Week 5 Flashcards by Jennifer Ban | Brainscape

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Conflagrate

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To catch fire

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Sagacious

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Good judgment, wise

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Sylvan

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Associated with woods

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Expeditious

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Done with speed and efficiency

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Assiduous

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Showing great care and perseverence

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Sardonic

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Grimly mocking or cynical

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Antedates

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Precede in time

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Obselete

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Out of date

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Ostentatious

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Designed to impress or attract notic

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Prosaic

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Lacking poetic beauty

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Contemporary

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Occurring/belonging to present

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Inefficaious

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Not producing desired effect

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Discrectionary

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Available for use at user’s descretion

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Rhapsodize

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Speak/write about something with great enthusiasm

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Opulent

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Rich and luxurious or lavish

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Lithe

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Thin, supple, graceful

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a short time

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Ciruitous

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Longer than the most direct way

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Sequester

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Isolate or hide away

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Injuction

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Authoritative warning or order