Vocab 1

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nimble
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agile
feign
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pretend to be affected by
glib
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fluent but shallow
gauche
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lacking ease or grace
sagacious
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intelligent
diffident
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shy
anachronistic
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belonging to diff periiod
ostentatious
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pretentious
pomposity
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being pompous
verve
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vigor
analogous
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comparable
mettlesome
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lively
apogee
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climax
painstaking
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thorough
fickle
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changing frequently capricious
crestfallen
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sad
estimable
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worthy of respect
incessant
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continuing without pause
galvanize
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shock someone into action
terse
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abrupt
probity
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strong morals
industrious
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diligent
poignant
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sadness or regret
providential
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happening in a good time
deportment
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someones behavious
panache
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flamboyant
acquiesce
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accept without pritest
facetious
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treating serious issues with humor
profligate
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wasteful
affront
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action that causes outrage
fret
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anxious / wear away
philistine
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hostile or indiffirent to culture and arts
undermine
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erode the base
circumscribe
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restrict within limits
recondite
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little known
enmity
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animus
circumspect
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cautious
miscreant
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person who did bad
parochial
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narrow minded
bereft
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deprived of / sat
obdurate
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stubborn
foolhardy
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recklessly bold
perpetuate
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make indefinite
modish
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following what is fashionable
detente
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easing of hostilities
precipitous
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done suddenly / steep
supplant
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supercede
propensity
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tendency
slovenly
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messy
countenance
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facial expression / support
forestall
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obstruct
indolent
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lazy
euphemism
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polite term
meritorious
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deserving reward
illusory
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based on illusion
fervent
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passionate
deride
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ridicule
aloof
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not friendly
grievance
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unfair treatment
furtive
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secretive
umbrage
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annoyance
intrinsic
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essential
cogent
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clear
avaricious
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greedy
vitiate
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spoil
anoint
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rub with oil / choose successor
barren
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unproductive
puerile
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childish
expatiate
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write or speak in detail
antedate
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precede
buttress
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support
aberrant
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deviant
relent
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become less severe
spurious
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false
salubrious
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healthy
synoptic
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summarizes
cathartic
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strong emotions
spendthrift
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irresponsible with money
macabre
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causing fear and death
astute
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shrewd
eloquent
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expressing something
chary
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cautious
canonize
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treat of significance
fallow
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inactive
indefatigable
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untiring
prolix
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too lengthy
ravage
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devastate
prodigious
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very great in size
sanguine
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optimistic
obstreperous
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noisy and difficult to control
pugnacious
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easy to argue
dissent
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disagree
banal
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unoriginal
gainsay
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deny
recant
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disavow
somnolent
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sleepy
profuse
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abundant
stoic
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endure pain without complaining
rigor
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cold and shivering
peccadillo
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minor fault or sin

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