words3 Flashcards by Sam Weiller | Brainscape

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Ostentatious

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Designed to impress/attract notice

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with a minimum of effort

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Impunity

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Exemption from punishment or freedom

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Pecuniary

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Relating to money

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Pulverous

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Powdery

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Spurious

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Fake or false

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Palpable

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Able to be touched or felt

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Languid

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Pleasantly lazy and peaceful

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Alacrity

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Quick & cheerful readiness

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Invective

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Insulting or highly critical language

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Diatribe

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A forceful and bitter verbal attack

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Accolade

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An award granted as an acknowledgement of merit

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Aphorism

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A pithy observation that contains a general truth; idiom

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