Words in General 2 Flashcards

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Acquiescent

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Ready to accept something without protest

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Acrimonious

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Angry and bitter

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Affable

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Courteous and pleasant

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Approbation

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Approval or praise

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Ardent

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Very enthusiastic

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Articulate

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Fluent; coherent

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Brazen

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In a bold and shameless way

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Capricious

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Impulsive and unpredictable

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Choleric

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Easily angered

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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risk

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Complacent

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Showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with ones self or ones achievements

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Coy

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Making a pretence of shyness or modesty that is intended to allure (typically used of a woman)

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Despair

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Complete loss of hope

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Devout

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Totally committed

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Dextrous

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Showing great skill especially with the hands

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Discerning

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Having or showing good judgement

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Discordance

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Lack of agreement or consistency

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Dismay

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Concern and distress caused by something unexpected

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Doleful

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Expressing sorrow; mournful

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Ebullient

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Cheerful and full of energy

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Engender

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Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation or condition.

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Ennai

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Entreating

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Expressing an earnest or anxious request

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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour (Flippant)

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Facilely

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To do with ease

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Frazzled

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Showing the effects of exhaustion or strain

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Gregarious

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop

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Inhibited

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Unable to act in a relaxed or natural way because of self-consciousness or mental restraint

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Irate

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Feeling great anger

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Jocular

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Humorous or playful

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Laudatory

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Expressing praise

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Loquacious

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Maverick

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An unorthodox or independent-minded person

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Meek

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Submissive

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Obstinate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

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Perceptive

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Having or showing sensitive insight

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Pompous

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Self-important

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Premonition

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A strong feeling that something unpleasant is going to happen

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Provocative

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Deliberately causing anger or another strong reaction

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Punitive

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Inflicting or intending as punishment

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Sanguine

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Optimistic or positive, especially in a bad situation

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Scurrilous

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making or spreading scandalous claims about someone with the intention of damaging their reputation.

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Strident

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Presenting a point of view, especially a controversial one, in an excessively forceful way

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Taciturn

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Saying little

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Tenacious

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Firm; persistent

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Tentative

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Terse

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Brief and to the point

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Unscrupulous

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Not honest or fair

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Zealous

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Showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective