151-200 Flashcards

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  1. impasse

give up?

A

obstacle

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  1. indomitable

give up?

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too strong to be defeated

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  1. intrepid

give up?

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courageous

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  1. onerous

give up?

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difficult, trying

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5
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  1. servile

give up?

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submissive, subservient

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  1. steadfast

give up?

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not yielding

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  1. subservient

give up?

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yielding

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  1. tenacious, tenacity

give up?

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stubborn, determined

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  1. tenuous

give up?

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insignificant, flimsy

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10
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  1. tribulation

give up?

A

suffering

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11
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  1. vying

give up?

A

striving

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12
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  1. acumen

knowledge and skill

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insightfulness

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13
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  1. adept

knowledge and skill

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skillful

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  1. adroit

knowledge and skill

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skillful

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15
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  1. anthropology

knowledge and skill

A

study of human beings

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16
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  1. boorish, boorishness

knowledge and skill

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crude

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17
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  1. cerebral

knowledge and skill

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intellectual

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  1. churlish

knowledge and skill

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vulgar, boorish

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19
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  1. conscientious

knowledge and skill

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careful

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  1. cosmopolitan

knowledge and skill

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sophisticated, urbane

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21
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  1. credulity, credulous

knowledge and skill

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the trait of trusting others too much

22
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  1. didactic

knowledge and skill

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(often excessively) morally instructive

23
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  1. discern, discerning

knowledge and skill

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perceive, perceptive

24
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  1. epiphany

knowledge and skill

A

sudden realization

25
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  1. erudite, erudition

knowledge and skill

26
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  1. esoteric

knowledge and skill

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understood only by a few

27
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  1. fastidious

knowledge and skill

28
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  1. finesse

knowledge and skill

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tact, elegant skill

29
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  1. flummox

knowledge and skill

30
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  1. folly

knowledge and skill

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foolishness

31
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  1. foolhardy

knowledge and skill

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recklessly daring

32
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  1. grandiose

knowledge and skill

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pompous, pretentious

33
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  1. inane

knowledge and skill

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senseless, stupid

34
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  1. ineptitude

knowledge and skill

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incompetence

35
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  1. ingenuous

knowledge and skill

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unsophisticated and trusting, naive

36
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  1. lithe

knowledge and skill

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graceful, supple

37
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  1. neophyte

knowledge and skill

38
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  1. oversight

knowledge and skill

39
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  1. painstaking

knowledge and skill

40
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  1. pedant, pedantic, pedantry

knowledge and skill

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a person who makes a great show of his knowledge

41
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  1. precocious

knowledge and skill

A

early development in maturity and intelligence

42
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  1. provincial

knowledge and skill

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narrow-minded, unsophisticated

43
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  1. punctilious

knowledge and skill

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meticulous, attentive to detail

44
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  1. pundit

knowledge and skill

A

a knowledgeable commentator

45
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  1. quixotic

knowledge and skill

46
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  1. sage

knowledge and skill

47
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  1. scrupulous

knowledge and skill

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very careful and precise

48
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  1. shrewd

knowledge and skill

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astute, smart

49
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  1. slipshod

knowledge and skill

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careless, sloppy

50
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  1. stupefy, stupefaction

knowledge and skill