Deck 11 Flashcards by S H | Brainscape

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Caustic

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scathing

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Capricious

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unpredictable, sudden change

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Celerity

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speed

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Churlish

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rude, ill bred, surly

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Circumscribe

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restrict

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Clemency

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mercy, leniency

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Cloy

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disgust with excess sweetness

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Commodity

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valuable thing, raw material

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Complacent

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overly content, self-congratulatory

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Compunction

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guilt after doing something wrong

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Concession

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compromise, allowance

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Conciliatory

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pacifying

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Conclusive

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decisive, certain

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Conducive to

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helpful, advantageous

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Conform

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follow, obey

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Connoisseur

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expert

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Concession

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something granted in response to demand

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Conflate

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combine two things into one

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Consigned

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deliver to another, dispatch

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Consternation

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dismay, distress

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Conviction

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sentence, opinion

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Convivial

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cheerful, friendly, jovial

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Copious

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plentiful

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Cordial

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friendly

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Cordial (N)

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liquor

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Correspondent

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letter writer, newspaper writer

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Corroborate

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confirm, support

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Credulous

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gullible

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Culpable

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deserving blame

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Cursory

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hasty, not thorough

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Dauntless

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fearless

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Decimate

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kill, destroy a large population

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Decorous

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polite, proper

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Dejection

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depression

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Delude

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mislead

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Demur

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object

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Denunciate

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denounce, openly condemn

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Deplorable

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disgraceful, shameful

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Despotic

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tyrannical, undemocratic

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Despondent

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depressed

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Depravity

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corrupt

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Deterrent

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a thing that discourages one from doing something

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Detractor

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critic

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Diaphanous

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light, delicate, translucent

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Dichotomy

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division into 2 completely different things, contrast

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Dictum

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pronouncement, command

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Dilettante

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amateur, nonprofessional

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Disavow

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deny responsibility, reject

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Discern

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recognize, distinguish

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Disingenuous

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insincere, dishonest