Ambitious Vocabulary Mix Flashcards
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Temerity
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Excessive confidence or boldness (noun).
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Rigmarole
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A lengthy and complicated procedure (noun).
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Prognosticate
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foretell or prophesy (verb).
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Sirenic
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Melodious, tempting (adjective).
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Plexus
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A complex structure with an intricate network of parts (noun).
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Nonchalantly
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In a casually calm and relaxed manner.
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Aberration
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A state or condition markedly different from the norm.
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Abhor
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Find repugnant.
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Labyrinthine
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Irregular and twisting.
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Acquiesce
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Agree or express agreement.
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Alacrity
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Liveliness and eagerness.
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Amiable
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Diffusing warmth and friendliness.
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Appease
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Make peace with.
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Arcane
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Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge.
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Avarice
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Reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth.
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Brazen
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Unrestrained by convention or propriety.
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Brusque
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Rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner.
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Cajole
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Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering.
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Chide
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Scold or reprimand severely or angrily.
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Timorous
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Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.
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Postern
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A back or side entrance.
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Chide
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Scold or reprimand severely or angrily
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Circumspect
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Careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk.
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Clandestine
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Conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods.
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Coerce
Cause to do through pressure or necessity.
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Coherent
Marked by an orderly and consistent relation of parts.
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Complacency
The feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself.
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Confidant
Someone to whom private matters are told.
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Connive
Form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner.
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Cumulative
Increasing by successive addition.
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Cynical
Believing the worst of human nature and motives.
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Debase
Make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance.
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Decry
Express strong disapproval of.
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Deferential
Showing courteous regard for people's feelings.
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Demure
Shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way.
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Debride
Treat or speak of with contempt.
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Despot
A cruel and oppressive dictator.
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Diligent
Quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness.
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Elated
Exultantly proud and joyful; in high spirits.
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Eloquent
Expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively.
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Embezzle
Appropriate fraudulently to one's own use.
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Empathy
Understanding and entering into another's feelings.
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Emnity
A state of deep-seated ill-will.
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Erudite
Having or showing profound knowledge.
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Extol
Praise, glorify, or honor.
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Fabricate
Put together out of artificial or natural components.
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Feral
Wild and menacing.
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Forsake
Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch.
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Fractious
Easily irritated or annoyed.
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Furtive
Secret and sly.
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Gluttony
Habitual eating to excess.
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Gratuitous
Unnecessary and unwarranted.
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Haughty
Having or showing arrogant superiority.
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Hypocrisy
Pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
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Impeccable
Without fault or error.
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Impertinent
Improperly forward or bold.
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Implacable
Incapable of being appeased or pacified.
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Implicit
Suggested though not directly expressed.
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Impudent
Improperly forward or bold.
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Incisive
Demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.
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Indolent
Disinclined to work or exertion.
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Inept
Generally incompetent and ineffectual.
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Infamy
A state of extreme dishonour.
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Inhibit
Limit the range or extent of.
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Innate
Present at birth but not necessarily hereditary.
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Insatiable
Impossible to fulfill, appease, or gratify.
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Insular
Relating to or characteristic of or situated on an island.
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Intrepid
Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
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Inveterate
Habitual.
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Jubilant
Full of high-spirited delight.
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Lithe
Moving and bending with ease.
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Lurid
Glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism.
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Maverick
Someone who exhibits independence in thought and action.
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Maxim
A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
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Meticulous
Marked by precise accordance with details.
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Modicum
A small or moderate or token amount.
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Morose
Showing a brooding ill humour.
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Myriad
a large indefinite number
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Nadir
The lowest point of anything.
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Nominal
Relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name.
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Novice
Someone new to a field or activity.
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Nuance
A subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude.
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Oblivious
Lacking conscious awareness of.
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Obsequious
Attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.
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Obtuse
Slow on uptake
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Panacea
Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.
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Parody
A composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
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Penchant
A strong liking.
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Perusal
The act of examining or reading carefully.
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Predilection
A predisposition in favor of something.
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Quaint
Attractively old-fashioned.
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Rash
Imprudently incurring risk.
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Repudiate
Refuse to acknowledge, ratify, or recognize as valid.
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Rife
Excessively abundant.
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Salient
Conspicuous, prominent, or important.
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Serendipity
Good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries.
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Staid
Characterised by dignity and propriety.
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Superfluous
More than is needed, desired, or required.
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Sycophant
A person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage.
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Taciturn
Habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
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Truculent
Defiantly aggressive.
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Umbrage
A feeling of anger caused by being offended.
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Venerable
Profoundly honoured.
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Vociferous
Conspicuously and offensively loud.
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Tranquil
Calm and relaxing.
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Incandescent
Bright, glowing.
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Harmonious
Pleasant, agreeable.
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Majestic
Royal, regal, splendid.
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Pellucid
Clear, transparent.
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Aciculate
Needle-like, pointy
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Arenaceous
Chalky, powdery.
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Frenetic
Hectic, energetic
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Teeming
Crowded, busy
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Tumultuous
Loud, confused noise.
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Myriad
Countless, unlimited
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Desolate
Empty, uninhabited
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Blistering
Intense/strong heat.
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Sequestered
Hidden away, concealed.
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Parched
Dry, lacking moisture.
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Decrepit
Worn out, ruined
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Fragmented
Broken into pieces.
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Dilapidated
Run down, decaying.
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Barbaric
Brutal, vicious, fierce.
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Enraged
Very angry, furious.
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Raptorial
Predatory, carnivorous.
