Vocabulary Flashcards 7

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone.

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Corpulent

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Fat or bulky.

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Derisive

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Expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking.

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Effeminate

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(Of a man) Having traits or mannerisms traditionally associated with a woman; unmanly.

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Elegiac

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Relating to or characteristic of an elegy (a sad poem or song, often for the dead); mournful.

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Fecund

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Capable of producing an abundance of new growth, offspring, or ideas; fertile.

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Infirmity

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Physical or mental weakness or ailment.

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Jocund

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Cheerful and lighthearted.

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Malady

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A disease or ailment.

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Manifest

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Obvious or clear; readily perceived. (Can also mean to display or show a quality or feeling).