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Core Vocabulary I: 1-50 Flashcards

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Audacious

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Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; very bold

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Diffident

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Lacking self-confidence; self-effacing; NOT assertive

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Wry

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Dry, humorous with a clever twist and a touch of irony; DROLL

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Indifferent and Apathetic

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Marked by a lack of interest or concern

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the norm, something that is ATYPICAL

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Pragmatic

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Practical; sensible; NOT idealistic or romantic

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Painstaking and Meticulous

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Extremely careful; very EXACTING

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Unconventional and Unorthodox

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Not ordinary or typical; characterized by avoiding customary conventions and behaviors

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Prattle

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To speak in a foolish manner, to babble incessantly

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Dearth and Paucity

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A scarcity or shortage of something

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Sarcastic, Sardonic, Snide

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Mocking, derisive, taunting, and stinging

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Ambivalent

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Contradictory, having mixed feelings

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Evocation

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An imaginative re-creation

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Presumptuous

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Overbearing; impertinently bold; characterized by brashly overstepping one’s place

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Recalcitrant

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Stubborn resistance to and defiance of authority or guidance; OBSTINATE; OBDURATE

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Boon

Bane

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A timely benefit; blessing

A source of harm and ruin

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Clandestine and Surreptitious

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Secret; covert; not open; NOT ABOVEBOARD

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Affable, Amiable, Genial, Gregarious

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All mean agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; warm and friendly

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Austere

Austerity

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Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare; not ORNATE

The trait of great self-denial; strict economy; severity of manner, life; sternness

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Altruistic

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Unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Ambiguous

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Unclear; uncertain; open to more than one interpretation; not definitive

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Upbraid, reproach, castigate

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To express disapproval; scold; rebuke; CENSURE

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Nolstalgia

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A sentimental longing for the past

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Conjecture

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An inference based upon guesswork; a SUPPOSITION

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Obsolete, Archaic, Antiquated

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No longer in use; outmoded in design or style

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Auspicious and Propitious

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Very favorable

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Morose

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Very depressed, DESPONDENT, mournful

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Impasse

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A deadlock; stalemate; failure to reach an agreement

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Anachronism

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The false assignment of an event, person, scene or language to a time when the event, person, scene, or word did not exist

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Belie

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To give a false impression; to contradict

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Mitigate, Mollify, Assuage, Alleviate

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All mean to relieve; to lessen; to ease

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Covet

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To strongly desire; to crave

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Antithesis and Antithetical

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Direct opposite; the complete reverse; ANTIPODE

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Prototype

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An original model

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Aloof

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Detached; distant physically or emotionally; reserved; standing near but apart

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Trite, Hackneyed, Banal, Platitudinous, Insipid

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All mean unoriginal; commonplace; overused; CLICHED

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Antecedent

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A preceding event; a FORERUNNER; a PRECURSOR

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Plausible

Implausible

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Believable; credible

Unbelievable; incredible

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Prudent

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Careful; cautious; sensible

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Aesthetic

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Relating to what is beautiful; an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive

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Paradox

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A seemingly contradictory statement that nonetheless expresses a truth

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Enigmatic and Inscrutable

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Mysterious; puzzling; unfathomable; baffling

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Acquiesce

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To comply, agree, give in

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Naive and Gullible

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Unaffected simplicity; lacking worldly expertise; overly CREDULOUS; unsophisticated

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Autonomous

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Independent; not controlled by others

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Futile

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Completely useless; doomed to failure

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Indigenous and Endemic

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Both mean native to an area

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Ubiquitous and Prevalent

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Characterized by being everywhere; omnipresent; widespread; PERVASIVE

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Pandemic

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An epidemic that is geographically widespread and affects a large proportion of the population.

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Fortitude

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Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.

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