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Stolid
having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
"Stolid temperament"
Predilection
Penchant
Moil
1. To work hard; drudge
2. To be in continuous agitation
: churn
Insouciance
Nonchalance
Jeremiad
A prolonged lamentation or complaint; a cautionary or angry harangue
Quorum
A select group
Jejune
Lacking nutritive value; devoid of significance ; juvenile, puerile
Phatic
Speech used for social purposes, not to communicate info.
Gulosity
Excessive appetite; greediness
Comity
Friendly civility; courtesy
Burke
Suppress quietly; avoid.
Vociferous
Given to insistent outcry/protest
Alterity
Otherness; not knowing another cultural or another conscious self.
Banaustic
Practical
"banaustic life"
Ineluctable
Inevitable
Mendacious
Characterized my deception or falsehood
Farraginous
Consisting of a confused mixture
Raconteur
Person great at telling anecdotes
Rectilinear
Characterized by straight lines
Plaintive
Melancholy; expressive of suffering or woe
Author
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ID
56255
Card Set
Vocab 2
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Updated
2010-12-15T18:36:49Z
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