Appendix B: More Tricky Twins Flashcards

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Inept

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unskilled; incompetent

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Adept

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skilled; competent

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Amity

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friendship; trust

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Enmity

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hatred; bitter feeling

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Approbation

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approval

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Opprobrium

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shameful disgrace

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Avert

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turn away

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Divert

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amuse; entertain

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Bemoan

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lament

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Bemuse

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confuse; befuddle

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Capacious

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spacious; having large capacity

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Rapacious

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greedy; grasping

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Enervate

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weaken

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Venerate

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respect

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Effervescent

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bubbly

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Evanescent

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short-lived

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Flounder

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flail uselessly or helplessly about, as if in quicksand

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Founder

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fail; sink

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Hail

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cheer for; acclaim

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Hale

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healthy

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Impassive

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apathetic; indifferent

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Impassioned

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ardent; fervent

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Ingenious

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Ingenious

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Innate
inborn
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Inane
senseless, silly
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Invective
a vicious, verbal attack; tirade
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Inventive
creative; resourceful
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Lucid
clear; transparent
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Lurid
gruesome; violent
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Onus
a burden or responsibility
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Opus
a great work of music
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Paramount
of greater value
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Tantamount
of equal value
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Perquisite
a fringe benefit; frill
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Prerequisite
something required beforehand
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Picaresque
relating to adventure stories about rogues
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Picturesque
scenic
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Prodigal
wasteful
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Prodigious
very large
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Provincial
narrow-minded
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Providential
saving for the future
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Seditious
rebellious
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Sedulous
hard-working; diligent
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Solicitude
concern
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Solitude
aloneness
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Temerity
reckless boldness
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Timidity
shyness
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Tonic
an invigorating drink
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Toxic
poisonous
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Voluble
talkative
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Voluminous
very large