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9 Flashcards

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Placebo

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a fake medication

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Plebeian

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common; vulgar; low class

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Pluralism

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a society in which distinct group function together; but retain their identities

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Portent

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an omen; a sign of something coming; a foreshadowing

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Pregnant

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highly significant; overflowing; rich in significance

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Prepossess

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to cause to be preoccupied; to influence; positively; in advance

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Prescient

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having foresight

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Prevaricate

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to deviate from the truth

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Privation

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lack of comforts; poverty; a state of being deprived

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Probity

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honesty; uprightness

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Profligate

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corrupt; degenerate; wildly extravagant

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Propinquity

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nearness in place or time; kinship

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Protean

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readily assuming different shapes or characters

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Provenance

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origin; source; proof of posting ownership

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Prowess

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exceptional skill or strength; military valor

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Prurient

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lascivious; have lustful thoughts or desires

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Puissance

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power; strength

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Punctilious

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meticulously attentive to detail; exacting

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Putrefy

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to rot

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Quiescence

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state of rest or inactivity

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Raffish

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jaunty; sporty; disreputable; vulgar; characterized by a careless Unconventionality

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Rapprochement

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a re

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Rarefied

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esoteric; interesting to only a few

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Recalcitrant

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stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority

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Recidivism

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the act of repeating an offense

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Recondite

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hard to understand; abstruse; over one’s head

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Redoubtable

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formidable; fearsome; deserving of respect

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Remuneration

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payment; recompense

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Repartee

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a quick; witty reply; spirited conversation

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Reprobate

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a morally unprincipled person; a scoundrel

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Reticent

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restrained; reluctant; uncommunicative

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Ribald

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vulgar or indecent language

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Rife

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widespread; abounding; occurring frequently

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Rout

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to put to flight; to scatter; to cause a huge defeat

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Rubric

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heading; title; category

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Ruminate

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to muse upon

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Sagacious

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wise shrewd

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Sallow

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a sickly; greenish

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Sally

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a rushing attack; witty repartee; a brief excursion

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Salubrious

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favorable to health

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Sangfroid

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extraordinary composure in the face of danger

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Sartorial

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relating to dress or fashion

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Saturnine

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sullen; gloomy; depressed

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Savant

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a scholar; a very knowledgeable person

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Scofflaw

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one who is continually breaking the law

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Scotch

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to put an end to

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Secrete

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to give off; to conceal

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Sententious

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preachy; pompous; using wise sayings excessively

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Shibboleth

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a distinctive word or behavior that typifies a group; a slogan

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Simper

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to smile foolishly

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Sine qua non

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something that is an essential condition of

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Sinuous

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winding; having many curves

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Slatternly

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squalid; a slovenly woman

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Somnolent

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drowsy; sleepy

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Spate

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a sudden outburst

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Spelunker

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a cave explorer

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Stalwart

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unwavering; robust; sturdily built

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Striated

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marked with thin lines or grooves

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Sturm and drang

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turmoil

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Sui generis

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unique; of its own kind; in a class by itself

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Supercilious

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arrogant; overbearing; condescending

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Surreptitious

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sneaky; secret

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Sycophant

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a flatterer; a self

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Syllogism

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a form oflogic in which major and minor premises are made and a conclusion drawn;

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Sylvan

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forestlike; wooded

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Synergy

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the combined force of two distinct elements that is more powerful then each alone

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Temerity

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boldness; rashness; audacity

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Temporize

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to compromise; to draw something out in order to gain time

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Tendentious

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advancing a point of view; biased

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Timorous

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fearful; easily frightened

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Titular

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in title only

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Tony

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fashionable; trendy; aristocratic

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Toothsome

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tasty; sexually attractive; luscious

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Trice

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an moment; a short period of time

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Truculent

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hostile; aggressive; savage

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Umbrage

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displeasure or resentment; shade

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Undulate

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to move smoothly in a wavelike manner

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Usury

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lending money at a high interest rate

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Vacuous

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empty; lacking intelligence

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Vagary

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whim; an unpredictable action

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Vainglorious

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boastful; pompous

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Veneer

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façade; coating; outward appearance

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Venerate

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to honor; to worship; to respect

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Veracious

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truthful; honest

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Verdant

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covered with green plants; leafy

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Vicarious

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acting for another; sharing in an experience of another through the Imagination

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Viscosity

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a thick or sticky consistency of a liquid

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Vitriolic

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corrosive; biting; bitterly scathing

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Wastrel

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someone who wastes; a spendthrift

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Wizened

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shriveled; withered

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Wont

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custom; habit

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Zaftig

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full

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Zeitgeist

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the mood or spirit of the times

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Zephyr

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a gentle breeze

Kaplan 900 (10 decks)

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