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A01-A010 Flashcards

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Incontrovertible

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(Ex. Proof) cannot be denied

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Decorous behaviour

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Is good and correct

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Pertinent remark

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Is very relevant

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Avant-gard films

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Innovative and ahead of popular taste

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5
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Untoward circumstances

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Are unforeseen

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To forment

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To stir up or create

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Unequivocal agreement

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Unhesitating or unanimous

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8
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Tacit approval

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Is implied but not spoken out loud

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Egregious blunder

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Is an outstandingly bad mistake

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Unprepossessing appearance

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Not very attractive

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11
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To whet the appetite

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Is to sharpen or intensify

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12
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Turbid water

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Is murky or not at all clear

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13
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Parochial outlook

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Is narrow and concerned only with mainly local matters

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14
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Potable water

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Is drinkable

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Flagging enthusiasm

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Is getting less / decreasing

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Tenuous connection

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Is fragile or very slight

17
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Enervating

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Tiring

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To renege on a deal

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Is to back out of an agreement

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Impeccable taste

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Is perfect or faultless

20
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Peerless diamonds

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Are without equals

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Ossified beliefs

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Are fixed or rigid

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Disheveled

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Messy or untidy

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Unfathomable

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Cant be worked out/unfixable

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Palliative measures

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Are designed to improve a situation without curing it

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Eloquent speech

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Is well expressed and persuasive

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Exuberant behaviour

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Is full of life

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Obstreperous

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Noisy and boisterous

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Peripheral

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The edges of the field of wiew

29
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Destitute person

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Poor /without any means of support

30
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Indelible memory

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Unforgetable

31
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Salvo of gunfire

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Burst of firing

32
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Furlough

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Official leave of absence

33
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Ostensible meaning

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What something claims to be, but might not actually be

34
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To debunk

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To throw away / expose

35
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Fabrication

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Falsification

36
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Idiosyncratic

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Unique

37
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Despotic

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Tyrannical / evil

38
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Tractable

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( Ex. Animal ) is docile and easily led

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