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2013 Flashcards

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Penniless, poor

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Impecunious

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disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved.

reluctant or restrained.

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Reticent

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lacking food, clothing, and other necessities of life because of poverty; needy; poor; impoverished.

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indigent

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very productive or creative intellectually

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fecund

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fond of the company of others; sociable.

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gregarious

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cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident:

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Sanguine

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overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited.

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Ebullient

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excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.
wordy or diffuse

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Garrulous

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dealing with very profound, difficult, or abstruse subject matter

beyond ordinary knowledge or understanding; esoteric

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Recondite

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Ostensibly

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outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

apparent, evident, or conspicuous

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Recalcitrant

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resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory.
hard to deal with, manage, or operate.

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a tract of low, soft, wet ground.

a marsh or bog.

marshy ground.

any confusing or troublesome situation, especially one from which it is difficult to free oneself; entanglement.

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Morass

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hard to understand; recondite; esoteric

Obsolete. secret; hidden.

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Abstruse

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(esp. of a theory or argument) appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue; superficial.

(of a person) having a superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach.
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(of success, esp. in sports) easily achieved, effortless

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facile

synonyms: simplistic, superficial, oversimplified

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total rejection of established laws and institutions.

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Nihilism

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bubbling up like a boiling liquid.

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Ebullient

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anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity.

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Nihilism

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total and absolute destructiveness, especially toward the world at large and including oneself

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Nihilism

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an extreme form of skepticism: the denial of all real existence or the possibility of an objective basis for truth.
nothingness or nonexistence.

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Nihilism

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to make false and malicious statements about; slander.

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Calumniate

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extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one’s feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.

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Solipsism

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growing old; aging.

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Senescence

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a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority.

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Cabal

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the plots and schemes of such a group; intrigue.

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Cabal

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a clique, as in artistic, literary, or theatrical circles

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Cabal

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a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc

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Magnate

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a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

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Polemic

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a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist.

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Polemic

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understood without being openly expressed; implied

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Tacit

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silent; saying nothing

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Tacit

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unvoiced or unspoken

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Tacit

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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

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Taciturn

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dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.

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Taciturn

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lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat

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Vapid

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without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious

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Vapid

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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable

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Auspicious

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favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

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Auspicious

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the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.

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Dishabille

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inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join in conversation.

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Taciturn

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dour, stern, and silent in expression and manner.

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Taciturn

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lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat

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Vapid

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without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious

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Vapid

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promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable

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Auspicious

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favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

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Auspicious

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the state of being dressed in a careless, disheveled, or disorderly style or manner; undress.

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Dishabille

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the doctrine that final causes exist.

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Teleology

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the study of the evidences of design or purpose in nature.

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Teleology

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the belief that purpose and design are a part of or are apparent in nature.

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Teleology

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inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.

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Pugnacious

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excessive pride or self-confidence; arrogance.

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Hubris

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1 : one who takes part in dialogue or conversation

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Interlocutor

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something that is needed or wanted

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desideratum

Synonyms: requirement, prerequisite, need, indispensable thing, sine qua non, essential, requisite, necessary

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something that is needed or wanted

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desideratum

Synonyms: requirement, prerequisite, need, indispensable thing, sine qua non, essential, requisite, necessary

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enabling a person to discover or learn something for themselves.

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Heuristic

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: acid in temper, mood, or tone

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Acerbic

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having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death

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Macabre

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dwelling on the gruesome

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Macabre

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tending to produce horror in a beholder

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Macabre

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The study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity

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Epistemology

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Of,relating to, or being the person or thing for whom or which something is named

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Eponymous

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a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something

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Myopia

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A philosophy or method of inquiry based on the premise that reality consists of objects and events as they are perceived or understood in human consciousness and not of anything independent of human consciousness.

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Phenomenology

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most noticeable or important

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Salient

64
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latin expression of “that is”

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Id est, i.e.

65
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latin expression of “for example”

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exempli gratia, e.g.

66
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exceedingly eager or avid

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Voracious

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brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse

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Pithily

68
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Insert something between layers of a structure or organization

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intercalate

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mutability in life or nature (especially successive alternation from one condition to another)

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vicissitudes

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