Word Of The Day 3 Flashcards

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Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

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Languid

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Having or showing a feeling of vague or regretful longing

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Wistful

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Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

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Exculpatory

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Easily made angry

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Irascible

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Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement

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Sagacious

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The state of being close to someone or something; proximity

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Propinquity

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Knowledge acquired by study, research, etc; learning; scholarship

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Erudition

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Joyous, merry, or gay in disposition; glad; cheerful

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Blithe

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Beginning to come into existence; beginning to exist or develop

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Nascent

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To make milder or less severe; to relieve ease or medigate

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Assuage

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A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different

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Dichotomy

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Showy but cheap and of poor quality

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Tawdry

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Carried out a minimum of effort or reflection (usually an action or gesture)

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Perfunctory

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The feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect; contempt

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Disdain

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Dispute the truth, validity, or honesty of a statement or motive; call into question

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Impugn

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Present, appearing, or found everywhere

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Ubiquitous

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Expressing feelings if gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or healthful matter

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Effusive

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The principle it practice of unselfish concern for devotion to the welfare of others

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Altruism