Deck 12 Flashcards by S H | Brainscape

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Dispassionate

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unemotional, composed

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Disparage

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belittle, make light of

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Disrepute

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disgrace, shame, infamy

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Dissimilar

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not alike, different

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Distinction

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difference, significance

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Dormant

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resting, inactive

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Dowager

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a widow with title or property from late husband

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Dubious

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unsure, hesitant

suspicious, unreliable

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Dumbfounded

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amazed

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Duplicitous

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deceitful

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Egalitarian

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believing that people are equal, deserve equality

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Embellish

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adorn

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Eminent

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important, distinguished

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Emote

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portray emotion in a theatrical manner

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Emphatic

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assertive, insistent

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Enable

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allow, empower

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Enmity

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hostility, resentment

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Epitomize

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exemplify

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Equivocal

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vague, ambiguous

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Equivocate

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use ambiguous language to hide the truth

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Esoteric

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obscure, unusual

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Exacerbate

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intensify, worsen

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Exhibitionism

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done to attract attention

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Exhort

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encourage, urge

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Exodus

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mass departure of people, evacuation (biblical)

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Expedient

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profitable

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Expropriate

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to take possession of

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Extraneous

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external, foreign, irrelevant

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Exult

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delight, revel

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Facile

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simplistic, easy

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Feckless

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lacking initiative, irresponsible

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Fetid

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foul smelling

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Fickle

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changes mind, variable

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Flagrant

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obvious, glaring, scandalous

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Foresight

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forethought

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Fortitude

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patience, bravery

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Frivolity

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lightheartedness

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Frivolous

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light hearted

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Genial

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friendly, cheerful, affable

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Glib

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frivolous, insincere

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Gratuitous

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uncalled for, lacking good reason

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Gregarious

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sociable

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Halcyon

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a past time that was happy and peaceful, idyllic

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Haughty

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arrogant, conceited

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Heedless

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recklessness

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Iconoclast

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critic, skeptic, destroyer of religious images

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Idiosyncrasy

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a distinctive or peculiar feature or trait

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Ignominy

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shame, disgrace

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Immutable

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rigid

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Imperative

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crucial