2013 May Flashcards by Mel Zhang | Brainscape

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Fraternizing

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To bring into an association

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Vigilant

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Knelt watchful to detect damage

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Embittered

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To make bitter

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned

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Reticent

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Reluctant or restrained

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Taciturn

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Inclined to silence

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Garrulous

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Excessively talkative

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Ingratiation

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To establish in the favor or goodness of others

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Predilection

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Tendency to think favorably of someone

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Evocation

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To draw forth

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Polemic

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A person who argues in opposition to another

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Assiduous

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Constant; unremitting

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Fulsome

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Offensive to good taste, especially as being excessive

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Bellicosity

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Inclined or eager to fight

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Obduracy

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Unmoved by persuasion

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Squelch

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To stick or press with crushing force

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Reverent

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Deeply respectful

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Flaunt

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To display or parade in self conspicuously

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen or noticed

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Edify

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To benefit

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Apprise

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To give notice to; inform

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Divulge

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To disclose or reveal

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Impassive

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Without emotion; apathetic

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Exhortation

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To give urgent advice; to urge or caution earnestly

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Frugality

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The lack of wastefulness

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Collegiality

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Cooperating integration among colleagues

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Enmity

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Animosity; ill will

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Uncouth

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Awkward; clumsy

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Disquieting

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Causing anxiety or uneasiness

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Beguiling

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To influence by trickery

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Mollify

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To soften in feeling or temper

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Corollary

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A natural consequence

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Contingency

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Something incidental

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Postulate

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Ask, demand, or claim

Assume without proof

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Ensconced

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Settle security

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Elucidate

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To make clearly; explain

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Ostracize

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To exclude by general consent

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Defunct

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No longer in existence

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Promilgate

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To set forth or teach publicly

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Pejorative

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Having a belittling effect or force

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Sacrosanct

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Extremely sacred; not to be entered or trespassed upon

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Arcane

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Know or understood by very few

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Palpable

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Incapable of being touched

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Pensive

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Wistfully thoughtful

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Dislodge

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Remove or force out

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Aggravate

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To make worse or more severe

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Providential

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Opportune, fortunate, or wealthy

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Disparate

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Essentially different

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Recondite

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Beyond ordinary knowledge

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Celestial

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Pertaining to the sky or visible heaven

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Remorse

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Deep and painful regret for wrongdoing

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Tentative

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Unsure, uncertain

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Flippant

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Lacking in seriousness, shallow

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Exempting

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To free from an obligation