Words Flashcards

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Credulous

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  1. Willing to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence, gullible
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Enmity

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  1. A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism
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Impertinent

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  1. Intrusive
  2. Irrelevant
  3. Inappropriate or absurd
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Perfidious

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  1. Deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful
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Assent

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  1. To agree or concur; subscribe to
  2. To give in, yield, or concede
  3. Agreement or approval
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Banal

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  1. Lacking in originality, freshness, or excitement
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Capriciousness

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  1. The quality of being led by or subject to sudden, odd notions or changes; arbitrary or erratic character
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Diffident

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  1. Lacking confidence in your own ability
  2. Reserved in Manner
  3. Distrustful
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Solicitous

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  1. Being very concerned for someone’s well being
  2. Being anxious or eager to do something
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Visage

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  1. The face, usually with reference to a shape, features, expression, etc.
  2. Aspect, appearance
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Ardent

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  1. Intense, passionate emotion
  2. Intensely eager or devoted
  3. Glowing very bright, like one of a fire
  4. Burning, very hot, on fire
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Languish

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  1. To be weak
  2. To loose energy
  3. To be neglected
  4. To be ignored
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Transpire

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  1. For something to happen
  2. An event that has occurred
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Turbid

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  1. Not clear or transparent because of stirred-up sediment or the like; clouded; opaque; obscured
  2. Thick or dense, like smoke or clouds
  3. Confused; muddled; disturbed
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Anathema

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  1. A curse or form of punishment
  2. Of a person or thing, greatly hated or loathed
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Assignation

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  1. An assigned meeting place, typically secretly between two lovers
  2. An assignment
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Convivial

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  1. Being occupied with or fond of the pleasures that come with pleasant company
  2. Lively and enjoyable event
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Fortitude

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  1. Metal and emotional strength in facing difficulty, adversity, danger, or temptation courageously
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Symbiosis

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  1. The living together of two or more dissimilar organisms
  2. Mutualistic or parasitic relationship
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Telepathy

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  1. Communication between minds by some means more than sensory perception
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Transience

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  1. The attribute of being brief or fleeting
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Perfunctory

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  1. Performed without much interest, hasty and uninterested
  2. Lacking interest, inattentive, superficial
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Prerogative

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  1. The exclusive right or privilege given with a certain rank or position
  2. A right or privilege limited to a specific person
  3. A power or immunity given to a certain person or position
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Querulous

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  1. Full of complaints, complaining
  2. Characterized by or spoken in complaint
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Redundant

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  1. Exceeding what is needed or useful; superfluous or unnecessary
  2. Characterized by unnecessary word or repetition; verbose
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Succumbed

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  1. To yield to a greater force
  2. To die off injury, disease, etc.
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Stoical

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  1. To endure pain and hardship without showing feeling or complaining
  2. Of or belonging to the Stoics or their school of philosophy
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Atrophy

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  1. A wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, because of defective nutrition or nerve damage
  2. Degeneration, decline, or decrease, from disuse
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Extirpate

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  1. To remove or destroy totally; do away with; exterminate
  2. To pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot
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Indolence

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  1. Dislike of putting in much effort
  2. Love of doing things the easy way, if doing anything at all
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Mundane

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  1. Common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative
  2. Of or relating to the world, universe, or earth