Wordly Wise Lesson 1 Flashcards

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Bane

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A person or thing that destroys or causes harm

Causing destruction or ruin

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Asperity

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Sharpness or harshness of manner.

Roughness of surface; unevenness.

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Buffoon

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A person who often makes attempts to be funny; a clown; a fool

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Doleful

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Mournful full of sorrow, causing grief.

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Extrovert

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A person who’s attention is focused on others and on what is going on around her or him. Rather than on their own feelings

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Garish

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Excessively bright and flashy, tastelessly flashy.

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Hierarchy

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A group or system in which positions of power are ranked, usually from lowest to highest.

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Imbue

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To fill completely with feeling or idea, inspiring

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Instigate

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To stir up, an urge. To provoke

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Penchant

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A strong attraction or leaning

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Rambunctious

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Behaving in a wildly unruly manner

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Repertoire

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The list of piece, an actor, musician, ready to perform a skill to accomplish for a person or group.

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Rudiment

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A basic principal or skill

An undeveloped beginning stage

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Undermine

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To weaken or ruin by degrees

To attack by indirect secret or unhanded means

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Unremitting

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Not stoping or slowing down; constant

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