25 26 27 28 Flashcards by Nikita Walunjkar | Brainscape

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Bereft

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Lacking

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Disentangle

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Extract

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Pomposity

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Arrogance

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Delineate

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Describe in detail

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Vitality

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Energy

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Steadfast

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Resolute

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Archetype

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Typical example

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Relented

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Gave in

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Harangued

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Critically lectured

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Auspicious

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Favorable

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Appropriated

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Take by force/ seize

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Rhetoric

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Language
Designed to provoke

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Hard nosed

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Determined
Tough minded

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Proxy

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Substitute

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Exhorted

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Urged
Begged

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Suspect

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Questionable

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Captious

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Critical

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Lugubrious

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Sad
Gloomy

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Transcendent

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Supreme

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Flustered

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Agitated

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Incidental

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Peripheral

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Axiomatic

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Undeniable

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Macabre

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Gruesome

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Tacit

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Implied

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Treatise

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Essay
Written document

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Corporeal

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Of the body
Physical
Human

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Corporal

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Military

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Figurative

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Non literal

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Morose

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Melancholic

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Fickle

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Disloyal

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Eclectic

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Broad

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Ardent

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Zealous

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Doctrinaire

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Uncompromising

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Officious

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Domineering

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Equanimity

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Calmness

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Lampooned

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Criticized

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Estimable

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Respected
Can be estimated

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Lambasted

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Admonished

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Peccadillo

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Offense

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Cajoled

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Flattered
Inveigle

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Relegated

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Downgraded
Opposite of promotion

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Antagonize

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Provoke

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Undercut

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Impaired

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Miscreant

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Criminal

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Heady

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Intoxicating
Exciting
Thrilling

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Unalloyed

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Pure

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Turpitude

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Immorality

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Repugnant

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Repulsive

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Bombastic

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Inflated

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Squandered

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Wasted

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Euphemism

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Polite terminology

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Wheedle

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Convince
Flatter

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Philistines

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Individuals who are hostile to art

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Curmudgeon

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Grump

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Xenophobia

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Prejudice

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Barren

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Lifeless

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Chary

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Wary

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Dirge

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Poem
Song

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Excoriate

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Criticize
Yell
Scold

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Implacable

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Relentless

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Exigent

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Urgent

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Imperturbable

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Composed

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Tangible

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Definite/ clear
Can be touched

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Quibble

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Nitpick

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Gauche

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Inelegant
Clumsy/ awkward

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Wily

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Clever/ shrewd

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Sophistries

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Fallacies

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Agitated

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Unnerved

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Coy

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Shy in a purposeful way
Modest

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Hysterical

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Overwrought

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Recanted

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Disavowed

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Quandary

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Difficult situation

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Affront

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Offense

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Abstracted

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Separated

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Burnished

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Enhanced/ perfected

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Retiring

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Shy
Modest
Self effacing

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Ravaged

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Devastated

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Inchoate

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Baby
Beginning

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Impudent

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Brazen

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Redoubtable

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Fearsome
Intimidating
Formidable

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Deprecates

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Objects to

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Disdained

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Scorned

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Quashed

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Stopped

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Distending

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Enlarging

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Abeyance

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On hold

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August

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Distinguished
Regal
Lordly