Words Flashcards by Kevin saftner | Brainscape

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Cajole

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Persuade

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Ebb

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Recede

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Expropriate

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Steal

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Felicity

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Steal

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Misanthropic

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Distrustful and reclusive

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Obsequious

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Submissive

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Lampoon

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Ridicule

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Concurrent

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Simultaneously

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Taciturn

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Aloof

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Derision

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Ridicule, mockery

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Marred

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Damage, spoil, deface

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Effaced

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Wipe out, expunge or erace

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Diminutive

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Small or tiny

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Erg

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Measurement of work

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Parsimonious

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Frugal or stingy

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Bequeath

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Hand down, pass on in will

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Equivocal

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Allowing numerous meanings. Doubtful of nature

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Ambiguous

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Open to having several meanings. Equivocal

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Jaunt

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Short journey

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Visceral

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Using instinct rather than intellect

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Tepid

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Lukewarm

Lack of enthusiasm

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Erroneous

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Containing error, mistaken

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Arduous

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Requiring great exertion, difficult

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Facile

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Easily done

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Insipid

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Without distinctive or interesting qualities.

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Ambivalent

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Mixed feelings. Undecided

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Incipient

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Beginning to exist or appear. Initial stage

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Benediction

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Well wishes, blessing

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Contrite

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Remorse, sense of guilt

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Hackneyed

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Trite, stale & banal

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Banal

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Unoriginal. Devoid of freshness

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Succor

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Help, relief, aid

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Cognate

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Related by birth, descended from same

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Burnish

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Polish. Make smooth and bright

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Blithe

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Joyous, merry carefree

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Repine

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Fretfully discontent. Complain.

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Felicity

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Happy. Blissful.

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Itinerate

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Go place to place ina circuit

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Acarpous

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Not producing fruit, sterile or barren

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Chirp

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Rude, boorish or surly person

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Prodigal

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Wasteful or recklessly extravagant

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Tact

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Keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful

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Credulous

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Gullible

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Simper

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Smile in self consciousness way

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Restive

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Impatient of control. Restless or uneasy.

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Pliant

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Bendable, flexibly

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Refractory

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Hard to manage. Disobedience

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Droll

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Amusing. A jester.

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Qualm

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Unease

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Reproach

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To find fault with.

Blame it censure conveyed in disapproval

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Undulate

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Move with smooth wave like motion

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Probity

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Integrity and honesty

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Fulsome

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Offensive to good taste. Overdone or gross.

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Supercilious

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Disdainful or contempt

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Volition

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Act of choosing. Exercising own will

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Lurch

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Stagger

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Extrapolate

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Deduce

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Peruse

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Infer

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Parse

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Interpret

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Insularity

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Ignorance

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Enmity

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Mutual Hatred