Appendix B: More Tricky Twins Flashcards by Ayleen Sanchez

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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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creative

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Ingenious

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honest

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Innate

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inborn

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Inane

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senseless, silly

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Invective

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a vicious, verbal attack; tirade

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Inventive

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creative; resourceful

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Lucid

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clear; transparent

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Lurid

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gruesome; violent

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Onus

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a burden or responsibility

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Opus

A

a great work of music

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Paramount

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of greater value

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Tantamount

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of equal value

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Perquisite

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a fringe benefit; frill

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Prerequisite

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something required beforehand

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Picaresque

A

relating to adventure stories about rogues

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Picturesque

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scenic

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Prodigal

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wasteful

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Prodigious

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very large

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Provincial

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narrow-minded

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Providential

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saving for the future

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Seditious

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rebellious

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Sedulous

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hard-working; diligent

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Solicitude

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concern

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Solitude

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aloneness

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Temerity

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reckless boldness

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Timidity

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shyness

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Tonic

A

an invigorating drink

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Toxic

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poisonous

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Voluble

A

talkative

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Voluminous

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very large