29th Flashcards

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adept

A

highly skilled or experienced

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2
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anodyne

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a drug that relieves or allays pain

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3
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apposite

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highly appropriate or relevant

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4
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boor

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a crude or insensitive person’ a peasant

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5
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churlish

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rude or vulgar, lacking civil grace

Ant:genteel

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6
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colander

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a bowl with perforations used to drain liquids and rinse foods

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7
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compatible

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capable of existing together harmoniously

Ant(make compatible):polarize

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8
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complaisance

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the disposition to comply

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9
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detract

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to lower the importance, quality, or value of , to divert or take away from

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disperse

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to cause to break up or scatter’ to scatter or dissipate

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11
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dispirit

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to discourage morale or dishearten

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12
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enormity

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great wickedness

Syn:atrocity

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