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Common I Flashcards

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Alluring

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Meaning: Powerfully and mysteriously attractive; Seductive

Sentence: The first time I met M, she had quite an alluring air about her

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Lascivious

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Meaning: Feeling an overt sexual desire

Sentence: The first couple of months after my 20th birthday were characterised by excessive amounts of lasciviousness

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Preternatural

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Meaning: something that is beyond what is normal or natural

Sentence: the conjuring follows the story of preternatural events happening in an old house in the US

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Preordain

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Meaning: Decide an outcome in advance

Sentence: Whenever my friends find me and RK talking they preordain how it will end

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Pithy

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Meaning: Concise

Sentence: My list of schools is pithy yet my list of courses is quite extensive making the the application process an arduous one

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Acerbic

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Meaning: sarcastic or sardonic (style of speaking)

Sentence: Harvey Spector is known for his acerbic nature in the show ‘Suits’

Synonyms: Caustic

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Vicissitude

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Meaning: Unhappy occurrence of change

Sentence: Tourism in Europe has undergone a vicissitude change due to the terrorist attacks by ISIS

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Simpatico

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Meaning: Compatible

Sentence: M and I were quite compatible in a sense enabling us to get along well

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Providential

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Meaning: Opportune

Sentence: my US trip came at a providential moment because Coldplay was scheduled to play there at the same time

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Mendaciously

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Meaning: dishonestly

Sentence: I mendaciously told my parents Shiv and I didn’t go out in nyc because I didn’t want them to worry

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Subterfuge

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Meaning: clever deception

Sentence: Magicians rely simply on stage theatrics and subterfuge for their acts

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Overt

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Meaning: transparent

Sentence: J and A’s relationship is overtly “open”

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Mirthful

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Meaning: full of joy

Sentence: Shiven LA was one of the most mirthful people in my friend circle

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Probity

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Meaning: honestly

Sentence: probity is key to a healthy relationship

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Solemnity

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Meaning: a proper and serious state of being

Sentence: Dada rarely lightens up, he is always in a state of solemnity

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Scathing

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Meaning: immense dislike

Sentence: My attitude towards the wolf pack can be described as scathing at best

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Venal

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Meaning: capable of being bribed

Sentence: Cops in Delhi are no longer as venal as they used to be

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Onerous/ arduous

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Meaning: Difficult/ very unpleasant

Sentence: GRE Sentence Equivalence is quite onerous/arduous to say the least

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Placid

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Synonym: Pacific

Meaning: peaceful, calm

Sentence: Ironically the Pacific Ocean is not at all placid as one might expect it to be

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Conciliatory

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Meaning: anti war

Sentence: the Germans have become a councillors nation post World War Two

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Unseemly

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Synonym: Ignominious

Meaning: worthy of shame/disgrace

Sentence: Donald Trump is one of the few people on this planet who can be described as unseemly

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Besotted

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Meaning: infatuated

Sentence: The fact that I, besotted by J is quite disturbing

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Copious

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Meaning: detailed

Sentence: Las Vegas slot machines lack copious instructions

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Contravene

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Meaning: to act against

Sentence: jihadists admire their religion but contravene its basic tenets

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Ideologues

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Meaning: uncompromising advocates of an ideology

Sentence: RSS can be regarded as ideologues at a very fundamental level

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Arresting

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Meaning: impressive

Sentence: Avani’s ability to woo boys even now is quite arresting

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Vacuity

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Meaning: empty headedness

Sentence: my dad for all his brilliance has moments of complete vacuity

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Modishness

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Meaning: stylishness

Sentence: Parthiv is known for his modishness as he always keeps up with the latest trends

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Conversance

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Meaning: familiarity

Sentence: having watched so many movies, New York can be associated with a sense of conversance that you don’t get in every destination

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Besmirch

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Meaning: attack the honour of something

Sentence: sleeping with someone’s wife is equivalent to besmirching them

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Balkanise

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Meaning: divide a group into smaller, mutually hostile groups

Sentence: The West’s decision to interfere in the social order of the Middle East balkanised the entire region

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Deftness

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Meaning: cleverness

Sentence: My deftness has allowed me to make amazing excuses to fool my employers and teachers on occasion

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Dissemble

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Meaning: concealed or disguised one’s true feelings or beliefs

Sentence: when I used to talk to girls while I was still dating, I’d take great efforts to dissemble my hormones

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Coalesce

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Meaning: come together to form a whole

Sentence: the streams all coalesced into a large river in the valley

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Earnest

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Meaning: showing sincere or intense conviction

Sentence: I miss being the earnest student I was in the 12th grade

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Defeasible

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Meaning: open in principle to revision, annulment or objection

Sentence: DU’s syllabus although by and large the same is always defeasible to an extent

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Sophistry

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Meaning: the use of fallacious arguments

Sentence: in most situations I find myself relying more on sophistry then logic

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Sinecure

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Meaning: a position that requires little work but provides financial benefit

Sentence: it’s quite distasteful to see my friends get sinecure internships practically every summer

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Insinuate

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Meaning: suggest or hint something unpleasant

Sentence: he was insinuating that she sleep her way to the top

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Asperity

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Meaning: harshness in tone or temper

Sentence: my grandfather has a general sense of asperity in his dialogue

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Dissolute

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Meaning: lax in morals

Sentence: Avani warned us about her friend Alex’s dissolute nature, it was exemplified by her fling with Dhiren

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Ubiquitous

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Meaning: existing everywhere

Sentence: Parthiv’s photos are ubiquitous in Modern school circles even though he never went there

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Salubrious

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Meaning: healthful

Sentence: had I lived abroad chances are I would not be leading a salubrious lifestyle

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Comestible

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Meaning: edible

Sentence: Shiv told me the brownies weren’t exactly comestible after I had already eaten them

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Loath

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Meaning: reluctant, unwilling

Sentence: I have be one loath to try drugs since the pot brownie trip

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Complacency

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Meaning: self satisfaction

Sentence: college names are largely complacent, people from less prestigious institutions do equally well in life

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Equanimity

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Meaning: calmness

Sentence: my dad used to be known for his calmness but is now crabby most of the time

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Evanescent

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Meaning: short lived

Sentence: my evanescent relation with M was one of the highlights of my summer

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Pathos

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Meaning: evoking pityness or sadness

Sentence: while she was still in my life RK was a constant source of pathos for me

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Attenuate

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Meaning: to weaken or reduce in force

Sentence: the advent of the Internet has lead to an attenuation in people’s attention spans

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Rancor

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Meaning: bitter

Sentence: jäger has a very rancor taste when not had with red bull

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