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Advanced 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Encumber

A

Hold back

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2
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Irrefutable

A

Impossible to deny or disprove

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3
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Unpropitious

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(Of a circumstance) with little chance of success

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4
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Peripatetic

A

Traveling by foot

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5
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Corollary

kuh-rol-uh-ree

A

A practical consequence that follows naturally

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6
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Asperity

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Harshness of manner

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7
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Ribald

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Humorously vulgar

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8
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Tempestuous

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As if driven by turbulent or conflicting emotions; highly energetic and wildly changing or fluctuating

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9
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Immure

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To enclose, usually in walls

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10
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Ossify

A

Make rigid and set into a conventional pattern

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11
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Patent

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Glaringly obvious

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12
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Firebrand

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Someone who deliberately creates trouble

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13
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Dispensation

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An exemption from a rule or obligation

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14
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Presentiment

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A feeling of evil to come

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15
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Unviable

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Not able to work, survive, or succeed (also spelled inviable)

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16
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Crestfallen

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Brought low in spirit

17
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Recrimination

A

Mutual accusations

18
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Lacerate

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Deeply hurt the feelings of; distress

19
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Inviolate

A

Must be kept sacred

20
Q

Flippant

A

Showing inappropriate levity

21
Q

Hobble

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To hold back the progress of something

22
Q

Dovetail

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Fit together tightly, as if by means of an interlocking joint

23
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Improvident

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Not given careful consideration

24
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Incontrovertible

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Necessarily or demonstrably true; impossible to deny or disprove

25
Q

Puissant

A

Powerful

26
Q

Equitable

A

Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience

27
Q

Invidious

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Likely to cause resentment

28
Q

Celerity

suh-ler-i-tee

A

Speed, rapidity

29
Q

Magisterial

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Offensively self-assured or given to exercising unwarranted power

30
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Stalwart

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Dependable; inured to fatigue or hardships

31
Q

Cosset

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Treat with excessive indulgence

32
Q

Intimation

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An indirect suggestion

33
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Spartan

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Unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgement; practicing great self-denial

34
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Machinate

A

Engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

35
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Crystallize

A

Cause to take on a definite and clear shape

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