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26/08 Flashcards

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Acumen

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(N) keen, accurate judgement or insight

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Amalgamate

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(V) to combine several elements into a whole

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Adulterate

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(V) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Adulterate

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(V) to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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Archaic

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(Adj) outdated; ancient

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Aver

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(V) to state as a fact; to declare or assert

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Bolster

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(V) to provide support or reinforcement

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Bombastic

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(Adj) pompous, grandiloquent

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Bombastic

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(Adj) pompous, grandiloquent

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Diatribe

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(N) a harsh denunciation

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Dissemble

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(V) to disguise or conceal; to mislead

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Eccentric

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(Adj) departing from norms or convention

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Endemic

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(Adj) characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region or people

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Evanescent

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(Adj) tending to disappear like vapour; vanishing

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Exacerbate

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(V) to make worse or more severe

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Fervent

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(Adj) greatly emotional or zealous

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Germane

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(Adj) relevant to the subject at hand

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Germane

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(Adj) relevant to the subject at hand

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Grandiloquence

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(N) pompous speech or expression

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Hackneyed

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(Adj) rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

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Halcyon

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(Adj) calm and peaceful

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Hedonist

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(N) someone who pursues pleasure

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Hegemony

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(N) to consistent dominance of one state or group over others

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Idolatrous

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(Adj) given to intense or excessive devotion to something

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Impassive

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(Adj) revealing no emotion

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Imperturbable

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(Adj) marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness

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Implacable

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(Adj) not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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Impunity

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(N) immunity from punishment or penalty

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Impunity

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(N) immunity from punishment or penalty

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Inchoate

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(Adj) in an initial stage; not fully formed

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Infelicitous

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(Adj) unfortunate; inappropriate

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Insipid

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(Adj) lacking in qualities he interest, stimulate, or challenge

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Loquacious

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(Adj) talkative

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Luminous

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(Adj) characterized by brightness and the emission of light

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Malevolent

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(Adj) having or showing often vicious I’ll will, spite or hatred

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Malleable

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(Adj) capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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Mendacious

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(Adj) unthruthful; dishonest

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Meticulous

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(Adj) attentive to detail

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Misanthrope

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(N) one who hates all other humans

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Mitigate

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(V) to make less severe; to moderate

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Mitigate

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(V) to make less severe; to moderate

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Obdurate

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(Adj) unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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Obsequious

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(Adj) exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

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Occlude

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(V) to obstruct or block

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Opprobrium

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(N) disgrace; contempt; scorn

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Pedagogy

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(N) the profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

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Pedantic

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(Adj) overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge

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Pervasive

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(Adj) having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

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Pine

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(V) to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

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Pith

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(N) the essential and central part

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Pithy

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(Adj) Precise and brief

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Placate

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(V) to appease; to calm by making concessions

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Platitude

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(N) a superficial remark, esp. One offered as meaningful

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Plummet

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(V) to plunge or drop straight down

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Polemical

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(Adj) controversial; argumentative

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Prodigal

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(Adj) recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

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Profuse

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(Adj) given or coming forth abundantly; Extravagant

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Queries

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(N) questions; doubts; reservations

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Querulous

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(Adj) prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

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Rancorous

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(Adj) characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment

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Repudiate

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(V) to refuse having anything to do with; to disown

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Rescind

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(V) to invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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Rhetoric

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(N) the art of study of effective usage of language for communication and persuasion

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Salubrious

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(Adj) promoting health and well-being

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Solvent

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(Adj) able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Specious

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(Adj) seemingly true but actually being fallacious! Misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Spurious

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(Adj) lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

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Subpoena

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(N) a court order requiring appearance and or testimony

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Succinct

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(Adj) brief or concise

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Superfluous

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(Adj) exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Surfeit

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(V) an overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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Tenacity

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(N) the quality of adherence or persistence to something values; persistent determination

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Tirade

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(N) a long, extremely critical speech; harsh denunciation

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Tenuous

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(Adj) having little substance of strength; flimsy; weak

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