Vocabulary 8 | Set 2 -- Learn Definitions (Advanced Word Power)

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affable
(Adj) good-natured; friendly; easy to get along with
(Adj) good-natured; friendly; easy to get along with
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apocryphal
(Adj) fictitious, of doubtful authenticity; not genuine
(Adj) fictitious, of doubtful authenticity; not genuine
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desultory
(Adj) random; moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
(Adj) random; moving from one thing to another in an unplanned way
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garbled
(Adj) distorted; mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or comprehensible
(Adj) distorted; mixed up to such an extent as to be misleading or comprehensible
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irascible
(Adj) bad-tempered; easily angered; irritable
(Adj) bad-tempered; easily angered; irritable
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loquacious
(Adj) talking too much; very talkative
(Adj) talking too much; very talkative
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obtuse
(Adj) stupid; slow to understand; dull
(Adj) stupid; slow to understand; dull
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opaque
(Adj) difficult to understand; difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible; not able to see through
(Adj) difficult to understand; difficult to understand or explain; obscure; incomprehensible; not able to see through
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paucity
(N) lack; a scarcity; an insufficiency
(N) lack; a scarcity; an insufficiency
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recapitulate
(V) to sum up; to summarize or repeat briefly
(V) to sum up; to summarize or repeat briefly