Day 12 Flashcards by Jac D | Brainscape

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Vitiate

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impair

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Verisimilitude

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believability

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Urbane

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sophisticated

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Tenable

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justifiable & rational

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Tempestuous

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emotions unrestrained & turbulent

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Peripheral

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minor

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Parsimonious

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extremely frugal or stingy

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Opprobrium

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public shame

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Onerous

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involving a heavy burden

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Magisterical

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possessing great authority

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Laconic

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simple with words ; quiet & reserved

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Incongruous

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out of place

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Hackneyed

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lacking creativity

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Fungible

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interchangeable; equivalent

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Exasperated

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severely irritated

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Encyclopedic

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thorough

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Cavalier

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overly casual; unconcerned

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Canny

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shrewd & cautious

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Acrimonious

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bitter & sharp tone

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Rapacious

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greedy

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Predilection

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preference or bias

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Preclude

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prevent something from occurring

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Pervasive

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spread quicky

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Perilous

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risky

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Perfunctory

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lack of effort

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Truculent

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aggressive

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Panacea

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perfect cure for something

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Ostentatious

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pretentious / flamboyant

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Obeisance

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reverence

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mawkish

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overly sentimental / insincere

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Limpid

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clear and easy to understand

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Fractious

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unruly

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Droll

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quirky

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Clandestine

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secretive

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Churlish

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rude or lacking good manners

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Abhor

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detest

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Tout

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praise

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stoic

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showing no emeotion

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Provincial

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narrow in perspective

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Portend

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foreshadow, predict

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Furtive

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sneaky

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Feign

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pretend

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Exculpate

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clear from blame

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Esoteric

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understood by few

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Acumen

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good judgment

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Trifling

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lacking importance

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Irascible

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easily angered

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Impetuous

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rash

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Haphazard

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lack order

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Felicitous

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well suited / apt

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Perfidy

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betrayal

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Indiscriminate

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lacking judgment

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Conjectural

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guess with limited data

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Tendentious

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biased provocative views

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Sedulous

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attention to detail

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Intransigent

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stubborn

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Dearth

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lack

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Specious

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reasonable but wrong

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probity

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strong ethical standards

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Pertinacious

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stubbornly holding onto a belief

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Empirical

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based on observation

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Irresolute

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uncertain

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Inimical

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damaging

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