Advanced 6 Flashcards

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Transmute

A

Change or alter in form, appearance, or nature

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2
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Stultify

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Cause one, through routine, to lose energy or enthusiasm

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3
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Discursive

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Tending to depart from the main point

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4
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Pontificate

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Talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner

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5
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Dolorous

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Showing sorrow

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6
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Vaunted

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Highly or widely praised or boasted about

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7
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Desideratum

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Something desired as a necessity

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8
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Pellucid

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Transparently clear, easily understandable

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Inviolable

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Never to be broken, infringed, or dishonored

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Doughty

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Brave bold; courageous

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Autocratic

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Characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule

Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

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12
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Gumption

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Resourcefulness and determination

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13
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Aplomb

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Great coolness and composure under strain

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14
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Bromide

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A trite or obvious remark

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15
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Complicit

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Associated with or participating in an activity, esp. one of a questionable nature

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Desiccated

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Uninteresting, lacking vitality

17
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Coterminous

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Being of equal extent or scope or duration

18
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Turgid

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(Of language) pompous and tedious

19
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Elegiac

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Expressing sorrow

20
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Conflate

A

Mix together different elements or concepts

21
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Hauteur

Hoh-tur

A

Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors

22
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Proselytize

A

Convert (someone) to another religion, philosophy, or perspective

23
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Panegyric

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A formal expression of praise

24
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Self-effacing

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Reluctant to draw attention to yourself

25
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Noisome

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Having an extremely bad smell

26
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Conflagration

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A very intense and uncontrolled fire

27
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Ethereal

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Characterized by lightness and insubstantiality

28
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Afford

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Provide with an opportunity

29
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Solicitous

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Showing hovering attentiveness

30
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Impervious

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Not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

31
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Enormity

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An act of extreme wickedness

32
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Unassailable

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Immune to attack; without flaws

33
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Abjure

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Formally reject or give up (as a belief)

34
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Inequity

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Injustice by virtue of not conforming with rules or standards

35
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Bridle

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The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess

To react with anger or to take offense

36
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Fecund

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Intellectually productive