Boot Camp Set 9 Flashcards

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bias

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n. a mental inclination or leaning; prejudice

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impasse

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n. a dead-end

adj. impassable

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prescient

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adj. knowing things before they occur

n. prescience

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tarry

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v. to delay; to linger

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urbane

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adj. sophisticated

n. urbanity

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charisma

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n. a quality of leadership that inspires great devotion in one’s followers; personal magnetism or charm
adj. charismatic

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diaphanous

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adj. of transparent or translucently fine texture; delicate and insubstantial

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bondage

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n. slavery; servitude

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devious

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adj. cunning or deceptive

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garish

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adj. marked by unpleasantly bright colors or excessive ornamentation

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dolor

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n. sorrow, grief

adj. dolorous

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unruly

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adj. difficult to control; disobedient

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idiosyncrasy

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n. a particular, peculiar, or eccentric trait

adj. idiosyncratic

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concoct

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v. to invent; to create by combining ingredients, as in cooking
n. concoction

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dejected

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adj. in low spirits; depressed

n. dejection

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platitude

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n. a commonplace remark delivered as if it were important

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scintillate

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v. to give off sparks; to be animated or brilliant

adj. scintillating

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loiter

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v. to stand about without purpose; to delay

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unctuous

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adj. oily; showing insincere earnestness

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exclude

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v. to refuse to admit or include; to shut out

adj. exclusive

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feckless

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adj. careless; irresponsible

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recur

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v. to repeat; to occur again

adj. recursive

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score

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v. to make cuts or lines on

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conjecture

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n. an interference or conclusion based in incomplete evidence

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woebegone
adj. affected with great sadness, esp. as reflected in one's appearance
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lumber
v. to move clumsily
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fashion
v. to make
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conscientious
adj. showing care and precision; painstaking
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behemoth
n. an enormous animal or person
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jar
v. to make a harsh sound; to shake by sudden impact
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interject
v. to insert between other things
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squander
v. to spend wastefully
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luxuriant
adj. very productive; fertile; characterized by richness and extravagance n. luxuriance
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abhor
v. to detest; to shrink from in disgust | adj. abhorrent
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assimilate
v. to take in as one's own; to absorb; to adapt or adjust to the customs, etc. of a group n. assimilation
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reminisce
v. to recall the past, esp. fondly | n. reminiscence; adj. reminiscent
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seethe
v. to be violently excited; to boil
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vigilant
adj. alert and watchful, esp. for what is dangerous | n. vigilance
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vestige
n. a trace if something that once existed but has disappeared
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tenet
n. a belief
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distort
v. to alter; to change into an unusual form | n. distortion
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Herculean
adj. of unusual size, power, or difficulty
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saunter
v. to walk in a leisurely manner
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inhibit
v. to hold back | n. inhibition
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prod
v. to poke or stab at
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waver
v. to be uncertain of something; to sway
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indulgent
adj. lenient; giving in to the desires of others | v. indulge; n. indulgence
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altruistic
adj. unselfish; benevolent; caring more for others than oneself n. altruist; n. altruism
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tacit
adj. unspoken but understood; silent
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concave
adj. hollowed out; curved inward