Word Play Flashcards
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Patois
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Dialect of the common people of a region
2
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Inchoate
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Just begun and not fully formed
3
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Quiescent
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At rest, quiet, still
Causing no symptoms (disease)
Pronounced “qwhy-ESS-ent
4
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Frangible
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Fragile, brittle
5
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Stolid
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Calm, showing little emotion or animation
6
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Ascetic
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Practice of self-disciple or abstention
7
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Incendiary
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Causing flames
Combustible, stirring up conflict
8
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Replete
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Filled, overflowing
9
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Voluble
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Describes someone who talks a lot
10
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Intransigent
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Unwilling to change ones views or to agree
11
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Sophist
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A person who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments
12
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Solicitous
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Showing interest or concern
Eager or anxious to do something
13
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Inimical
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Tending to obstruct or harm
Unfriendly, hostile
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Bloviate
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Talk at length in an inflated or empty way
15
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Ad hoc
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Arranged for a particular purpose only
