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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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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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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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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Parochial outlook

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Is narrow and concerned only with mainly local matters

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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

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Enervating

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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

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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
Is well expressed and persuasive
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Exuberant behaviour
Is full of life
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Obstreperous
Noisy and boisterous
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Peripheral
The edges of the field of wiew
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Destitute person
Poor /without any means of support
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Indelible memory
Unforgetable
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Salvo of gunfire
Burst of firing
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Furlough
Official leave of absence
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Ostensible meaning
What something claims to be, but might not actually be
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To debunk
To throw away / expose
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Fabrication
Falsification
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Idiosyncratic
Unique
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Despotic
Tyrannical / evil
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Tractable
( Ex. Animal ) is docile and easily led