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Flashcards by RicardoSerrano3099, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by RicardoSerrano3099
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Bellicose | War-like; aggressive |
| Consummate | Complete, supremely good |
| Elusive | Hard to pin down |
| Gregarious | Sociable; outgoing |
| Jaundiced | Pessimistic, negative; only looks at the bad side |
| Nettle | Annoy |
| Phenomenon | An event or happening |
| Recuperate | Get better after an illness |
| Superlative | Extremely good; the best |
| Whet | Sharpen |
| Niggardly | Miserly; stingy |
| Philanthropy | Charity; giving for love of mankind |
| Red tape | Formalities; paper work; official procedures |
| Surly | Grumpy; rude |
| Whimsical | Changeable; playful; changes moods |
| Belligerent | Aggressive; ready to fight |
| Contemporary | Living or happening at the same time or currently |
| Emaciated | Very thin; looks anorexic |
| Gritty | Course; granular |
| Jaunt | Short trip for pleasure or relaxation |
| Renovation | Repair, making something new again |
| Resilent | Quick to recover, bounce back |
| Restrained | Controlled, repressed, restricted |
| Reverence | Worship, profound respect |
| Sagacity | Wisdom |
| Novice | Apprentice, beginner |
| Opulent | Wealthy |
| Orator | Lector, speaker |
| Ostentatious | Showy, displaying, wealth |
| Parched | Dried up, shrieveled |
| Bemoan | Complain about |
| Contrite | Sorry |
| Emancipate | Set free |
| Guffaw | Sudden loud laughter |
| Jeopardize | Put at risk; endanger |
| Nomadic | Wandering from place to place |
| Philistine | Uncultured person |
| Redolent | Giving off odors; smelly |
| Surreptitious | Secret; sneaky |
| Willful | Stubborn |
| Bequeath | Leave something in one's will to be given after one's death |
| Conundrum | A puzzle |
| Emulate | To imitate something admired |
| Gullible | Easily fooled |
| Jubilant | Estatic, delighted, rejoicing |
| Nostalgia | Longing for the past |
| Pious | Very religious |
| Refute | Disprove |
| Sybarite | Loves luxury |
| Zany | Crazy; wacky |
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