16 Flashcards

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Compendium

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Collection of concised but detailed information

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Dross

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Worthless and rubbish

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Axiomatic

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Self evident or unquestionable

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Quixotic

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Exceeding idealistic

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5
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Execrable

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Extremely bad and unpleasant

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Tendentious

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Promoting a particular cause of view especially a controversial one

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Dismay

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Consternation and distress

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Consternation

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Feeling of anxiety

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Constellation

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A group or related things

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Parry

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Ward off or answer evasively

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Evince

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Reveal a feeling

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12
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Burnish

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To polish or enhance

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13
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Impel

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Force or urge to do something

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14
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Plethora

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A large excessive amount of something

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Mire

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A state of difficulty, distress or embarrassment

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Extricate

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Free from something

17
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Unexpurgate

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Complete and containing all original matter

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Objective

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Not influenced by personal feeling

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Subjective

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Based on personal feelings

20
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Dire

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Extremely serious or urgent

21
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Doting

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Extremely fond of someone

22
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Peter

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Decrease or fade gradually before coming to an end

23
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Contumely

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Insolent or insulting language or treatment

24
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Ironclad

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Impossible to contradict, weaken or change

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Folly

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Foolishness

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Irenic

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Aimed at peace

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Faux

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Not genuine or fake

Artificial

28
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Inviolable

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Never to be broken, infringed or dishonored

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Unviable

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Not capable of working successively

30
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Banner

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Excellent or outstanding