11th English - Vocab Flashcard 9

Front

A mouselike animal that eats insects; a bad-tempered woman.

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shrew

Front

Producing money or wealth

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Lucrative

Front

Talking too much about trivial matters.

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garrulous

Front

Shorten the number of words; condense

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abridged

Front

Wordy; using more words than necessary.

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Verbose

Front

Call upon a higher power for help

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invoke

Front

Complete or settled

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finality

Front

spontaneous

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impromptu

Front

arrogance or conceited

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supercilious

Front

Correction; change to a text

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Emendation