Week 9&10 Flashcards

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Somnolent

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(adj) sleepy; drowsy

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Meticulous

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(adj) extremely careful about details

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Voluminous

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(adj) of enough material to fill volumes

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Obtuse

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(adj) slow to understand or perceive

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Pugilistic

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(adj) looking for a fight

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Apparition

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(n) act of appearing or becoming visible

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Poignant

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(adj) sharply painful to the feelings

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Fortuitous

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(adj) fortunate

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Sinuous

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(adj) winding in and out; wavy

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Mundane

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(adj) commonplace; ordinary

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Sallow

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(adj) sickly pale or yellow

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Sullen

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(adj) sulky; glum

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Timorous

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(adj) full of fear

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Visage

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(n) appearance

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Suffice

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(v) be adequate; meet the need of

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Insatiable

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(adj) constantly wanting more

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Slovenly

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(adj) untidy

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Dominion

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(n) power to rule

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Palpable

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(adj) able to be touched or felt

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Derivative

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(adj) not original; based on something else