Word List 07 Deck 2 Page 11 Flashcards

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Succinct

A

Short and to the point

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Sully

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To dirty

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Superfluous

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Extra

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Suppleness

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Flexibility

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Surreptitious

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Sneaky

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Swindler

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A cheat

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Tacit

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Expressed without words

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Tantalizing

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Tempting and just out of reach

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Technocrat

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One who believes in government by technical experts

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Tensile

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Bendable

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Thwart

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To prevent

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12
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Toady

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Flatterer

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13
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Totter

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To walk unsteadily

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14
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Transmutation

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Changing into another form

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15
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Trifling

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Of slight importance

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Tumultuous

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Greatly disturbing

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Unabashedly

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Unashamedly

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Understate

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To represent as less than is the case

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Unforeseen

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Unpredicted

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Unobtrusive

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Not easily noticed

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Unremitting

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Constant

22
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Untillable

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Barren; not fertile

23
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Upshot

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Outcome

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Vacuous

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Empty; stupid