1203 Flashcards

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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts

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Leery

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Cautious due to realistic suspicions

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Unmarred

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Free from physical /moral spots
Unblemished
Unstained
Not damaged

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4
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address

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Handle

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5
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Advance

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Suggest

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Apparent

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Evident seeming ostensible

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Betray

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Disclose reveal

Confusion betrayed his guilt

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Compromise

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Damage, bring shame to

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9
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Contain

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Surround and control / 봉쇄하다

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10
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Critical

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Important or condemnatory

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11
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The more the city air would become increasingly acidic

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X

Increasingly acidic the closer one came to town (0)

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12
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Lift

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Remove

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13
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Not least

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Especially

Trade has been bad, not least because of the increased cost of raw materials

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14
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Qualtified

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Limit restrict

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15
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On

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Since then

Ex who photographed it continually from his teenage years on

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16
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Aloof

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Remote in attitude

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17
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Ambivalent

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Two faced two minds

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18
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Compassionate

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Sympathetic

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19
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Condescending

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Patronizing behavior

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20
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Cynical

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Distrustful

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21
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Defensive

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Self-justifying

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22
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Detachment

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Indifference

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Didactic

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Instructive

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24
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Disdain

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Contempt

25
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Disparaging

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Disapproving

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased

27
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Esteem

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Respect

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Flippant

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Lacking proper seriousness

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Grudging

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Unwilling

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Hypocritical

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Insincere

31
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Ironic

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Contrary to what was expected

32
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Judicious

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Prudent

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Naive

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Unsophisticated

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Objective

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Impartial

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Pedantic

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Excessively bookish

36
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Prosaic

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Commonplace

37
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Resigned

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Accepting the inevitable

38
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Sarcasm

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Stinging rebuke

39
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Satirical

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Exposing folly to ridicule

40
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Trite

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Cliched

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Whimsical

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Capricious

42
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conclusive

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Definitive

43
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Criterion

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Standard used in judging something

44
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Excerpt

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A selection from a longer work

45
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Implication

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An indirect suggestion

46
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Imply

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To suggest without stating explicitly

47
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Tentative

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Provisional

48
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Theoretical

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Not concrete

49
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Analogy

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Similarity of functions

50
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Antithesis

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Direct opposite

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Argumentative

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Presenting a logical argument

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Assertion

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Declaration

53
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Expository

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Concerned with explaining ideas or principle

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Indicative

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Suggestive

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Misconception

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Mistaken idea

56
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Preclude

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Keep from happening

57
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Rhetorical

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Relating to the effective use of language

58
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Thesis

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The central idea in a piece of writing