27th Flashcards

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Aspirant

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One who seeks or desires to succeed or advance

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Asperity

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Harness or roughness

Ant: mildness

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Capitulate

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To surrender or acquiesce on agreed terms

Ant: resistance

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Comity

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A state of civility and respect between peoples or nations

Ant: sparse

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Curmudgeon

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An ill-tempered and hostile person

Ant: agreeable person

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Demur

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To object

A protest or hesitation

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Divulge

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To proclaim or disclose; to reveal and make known.

Ant: conceal

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Dolt

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A stupid or foolish person

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Exponent

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One that exemplifies or advocates something;

A mathematical symbol expressing the raising of a power

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Flaunt

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To display ostentatiously

Ant: ensconce

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Haphazard

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By chance or random; without planning

Ant: methodical

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Impecunious

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Habitually poor or without money

Ant: affluent

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Imperious

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Having an arrogant attitude; intensely compelling

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Impermeable

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Not allowing passage through its surface or substance

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Imperturbable

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Serene or extremely calm

Ant: restive

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Impervious

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Impenetrable; not capable of being disturbed or damaged

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Impetuous

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Impulsive

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Implacable

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Incapable if being appeased or changed

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Nepotism

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Favoritism based on family relations

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Opportune moment

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Suitable or appropriate for a certain moment or purpose

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Repose

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Ti lie down or take a rest

Rest

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Repudiate

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To renounce or reject as true
To disown or formally separate from;
To disown or formally separate from;
To refuse to pay a debt

Ant: concede

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Sophoric

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A drug or agent used to induce sleep

Tending to induce sleep

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Splint

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A device used to support and keep a joint fractured bone from moving

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Supercilious

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Showing an arrogant manner

Ant: obsequious

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Supine

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Lying on one’s back with fade upward; suggesting lethargy or passivity

Ant: vigilant

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Taper

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To progressively narrow or diminish in width

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Tortuous

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Winding or crooked

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Vapid

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Lacking taste or flavor; lacking spirit, liveliness, or interest