Brown College Board Test Section 03 Flashcards by Paul Jung

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Rescind

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To take back

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Peripheral

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Not important

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Facetious

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Flippant with skill

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Complacent

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Comfortable (too comfortable)

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Marginal

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Insignificant

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Arbitrary

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Not based on a reason

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Cataclysmic

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Disastrous

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Inane

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Silly; Stupid

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Expedient

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Speed things up; Instrumental

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Eccentric

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Weird; Unusual

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Incongruous (With)

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Not fitting

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Ludicrous

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Absurd; Unbelievable

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Inept

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Having or showing no skill

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Nonchalant

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Not being concerned

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Magnanimous

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Extremely generous (Merciful)

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Scrupulous

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Pay close attention to every detail

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Discern

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Distinguish; Recognize

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Impugns

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Call into question

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Contentious

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Controversial

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Condone

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To forgive

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Cosmopolitan

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Worldly, sophisticated

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Nuance

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Subtlety

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Artifice

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Construction; Something man-made

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Denotation

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Meaning of something