Appendix B: More Tricky Twins Flashcards
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Inept
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unskilled; incompetent
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Adept
A
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
A
approval
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Opprobrium
A
shameful disgrace
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Avert
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turn away
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Divert
A
amuse; entertain
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Bemoan
A
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
A
greedy; grasping
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Enervate
A
weaken
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Venerate
A
respect
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Effervescent
A
bubbly
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Evanescent
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short-lived
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Flounder
A
flail uselessly or helplessly about, as if in quicksand
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Founder
A
fail; sink
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Hail
A
cheer for; acclaim
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Hale
A
healthy
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Impassive
A
apathetic; indifferent
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Impassioned
A
ardent; fervent
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Ingenious
A
creative
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Ingenious
A
honest
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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
