Week 5 Vocab Flashcards by Ryan Cui | Brainscape

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Solemn

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Serious, formal, grave

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Deferential

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Showing respect towards others who are superior

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Amiable

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Friendly; displaying a positive and supportive attitude

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Mar

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To impair; to make less than perfect; to ruin

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Poignant

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Evoking keen sadness; touching; moving

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Impugn

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To dispute in validity; to fact check

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Ascertain

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To find out for certain

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Pragmatic

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Deal with things in sensible an realistic ways

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Audacious

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Bold; openly showing a desire to take risks

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Clandestine

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Secretive and hidden; hard to see

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Perennial

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Lasting for a long time; enduring

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Inconsequential

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Illogical; not yielding effective results

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Squander

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To waste money or resources

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Analogous

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Similar or comparable in a limited way

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