7/18 Flashcards
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Abstruse
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Obscure, difficult to understand
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Abject
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Wretched, lacking pride
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Acclaim
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Applaud, announce with great approval
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Acrimonious
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Bitter in words or manner
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Acute
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Keen, quickly perceptive
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Adherent
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Supporter, follower
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Adroit
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Skillful, nimble
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Adverse
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Unfavorable, hostile
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Advocate
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Plead for
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Affable
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Easily approachable
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Aggressor
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Attacker
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Ambivalence
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Mixed feelings
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Ameliorate
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Improve
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Animosity
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Active hostility
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Antagonistic
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Hostile, opposed
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Apocryphal
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Untrue, made up
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Arbitrary
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Unreasonable
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Ardor
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Heat, passion, zeal
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Articulate
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Effective, distinct
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Ascendancy
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Controlling influence
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Astute
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Wise, shrewd
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Audacious
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Daring, bold
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austerity
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Sternness, severity
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Authoritarian
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Favoring or exercising total control
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Banal
Commonplace
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Brevity
Briefness
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Cacophonous
Discordant, inharmonious
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Candor
Frankness
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Capricious
Fickle
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Categorical
Without exceptions
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Casual
Implying a cause and effect relationship
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Censorious
Critical
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Censure
Blame, criticize
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Civil
Courteous and polite
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Clemency
Lenient
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Coercion
Use of force to get someone's compliance
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Concede
Admit
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Conclusive
Convincing
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Condone
Forgive
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Confront
Face
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Conscientious
Scrupulous, careful
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Consolidation
Combination
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Contend
Struggle
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Contentious
Quarrelsome
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Converge
Come together
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Credulity
Gullible
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Cordial
Gracious, heartfelt
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Conviction
Strongly held belief
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Daunt
Frighten
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Debilitate
Weaken
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Defame
Harm someone's reputation
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Deference
Courteous regard for another's wish
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Degenerate
Deteriorate
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Degrade
Lower in rank or dignity
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Delineate
Portray, depict, sketch
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Deplore
Regret strongly
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Depravity
Corruption
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Deprecate
Protest against, express disapproval of
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Devious
Not straightforward
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Didactic
Teaching
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Diminution
Reduction in size
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Discerning
Mentally quick and observant
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Discordant
Not harmonious, conflicting
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Disinclination
Unwillingness
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Disdain
View with scorn or contempt
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Disinterested
Unprejudiced
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Dismiss
Reject
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Disparage
Belittle
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Disparate
Different
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Dispassionate
Calm
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Disputatious
Argumentative
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Disseminate
Distribute, spread, scatter
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Dissent
Disagree
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Dissuade
Advise against
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Divergent
Differing
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Dutiful
Respectful
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Eclectic
Selective in choosing from a variety of sources
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Effervescent
Bubbly and excited
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Elaboration
Addition of details
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Elusive
Baffling
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Enervate
Weaken
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Enmity
Hatred
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Enumerate
List
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Ephemeral
Short lived
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Episodic
Loosely connected
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Equanimity
Composure
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Equivocal
Ambiguous
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Erratic
Odd
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Erroneous
Mistaken
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Esoteric
Hard to understand
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Esteem
Respect
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Ethereal
Light, heavenly
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Euphonious
Pleasing in sound
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Exacerbate
Worsen
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Exacting
Extremely demanding
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Exalt
Raise in rank or dignity
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Exhaustive
Thorough
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Expedient
Practical
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Expedite
Hasten
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Exploit
Deed or action
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Extant
Still in existence
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Extol
Praise
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Extraneous
Not essential
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Facile
Easily accomplished
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Faciliate
Make less difficult
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Fallacious
False, misleading
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Fastidious
Difficult to please
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Flagrant
Blatant
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Flippant
Lacking proper seriousness
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Foolhardy
Rash, heedless
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Forestall
Prevent by taking action in advance
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Forthright
Outspoken
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Fortuitous
Accidental
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Founder
Fail
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Frivolous
Unimportant
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Galvanize
Stimulate by shock
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Germane
Related to the case at hand
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Glib
Fluent, facile, slick
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Gorge
Small, steep-walled canyon
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Grandiose
Pretentious
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Gratuitous
Given freely
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Grievance
Source of complaint
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Grudging
Unwilling
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Guile
Deceit
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Hackneyed
Commonplace
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Hallowed
Blessed
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Heresy
Opinion contrary to popular belief
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Heterodox
Unorthodox
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Heyday
Time of greatest success
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Hone
Sharpen
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Humane
Kindness or consideration
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Husband
Conserve
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Hyperbole
Exaggeration
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Iconoclast
One who attacks cherished tradition
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Idiosyncrasy
Usually odd trait
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Ignominy
Deep disgrace
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Illusory
Not real
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Impecunious
Without money
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Impel
Drive or force onward
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Imperious
Domineering, haughty
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Impervious
Impenetrable
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Impetuous
Violent, hasty
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Implicit
Understood but not stated
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Inadvertently
Unintentionally
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Incarcerate
Imprison
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Incense
Enrage
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Incentive
Motive
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Incidental
Minor
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Inconsequential
Insignificant
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Incontrovertible
Indisputable
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Indigent
Poor
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Indiscriminate
Choosing at random
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Indulge
Treat leniently
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Inequity
Unfairness
