The Help Vocab List #2 Flashcards

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dissipate

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(v.) to cause to disappear; to scatter, dispel; to spend foolishly, squander; to be extravagant in pursuit of pleasure

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Antebellum

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Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

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vapid

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(adj.) dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in liveliness, or force; offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging

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prominent

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standing out so as to be easily seen; important, well-known

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deft

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skillful, nimble

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pithy

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brief and full of meaning and substance; concise

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scathing

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(adj.) bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm

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invalid

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a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury

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tousle

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disarrange or rumple

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ghastly

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frightful, horrible; deathly pale