Vocabulary Flashcards

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uncouth

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Lacking good manners, refinement, taste, or grace.

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bane

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A cause of great distress or annoyance. Causes misery or death

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impregnable

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Unable to be captured or broken into.

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demure

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Reserved, modest, and shy.

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precursor

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A person or thing that comes before another of the same/similar kind; a forerunner.

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nefarious

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Wicked or criminal.

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slipshod

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Characterized by showing a lack of care or thought

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jargon

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technical terminology characteristic of particular subject