#41-52 Flashcards

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abysmal

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(adj): (1) immeasurably deep, like an abyss; (2) extremely or hopelessly bad

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obtuse

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(adj): (1) not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect (2) not sharp, acute, or pointed; blunt in form

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unctuous

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(adj): (1) marked by a false and pretentious religious devotion or moralism (2) having an oily or soapy feel; oily; greasy

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infernal

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(adj): of or relating to hell; hellish

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irreducible

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(adj): incapable of being simplified, diminished, or otherwise made smaller

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stifling

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(adj): (1) suffocating; oppressively close; (2) extremely hot and unpleasant (3) preventing something from happening

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galling

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(adj): extremely annoying or irritating

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imminent

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(adj): likely to occur at any moment; impending

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inculcate

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(v): to fix or implant beliefs or ideas in someone’s mind by repeating them often

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sepulchre

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(n): a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is buried

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inexplicable

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(adj): unable to be explained or accounted for

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enumerate

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(v): to list or mention one by one

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