DECK 2 Flashcards by Neel GRE

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Admonish

A

Demolish

Warned strictly

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Affectation

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Affected behaviour

Fake behaviour to impress someone

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Dissemble

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Avengers dissemble

Pretend to be someone else

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Dogged

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Stubborn like a dog

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Empirical

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Emperor

Based on experience

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Engender

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Cause, Produce

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Pertinatious

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Too stubborn

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Probity

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Probation office - he works with honesty

Honesty

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Proliferate

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Infiltrate

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Specious

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Suspicious

Misleading

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Spurious

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Furious that its fake

Fake

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Tortuous

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Not straightforward

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Venal

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Mercinary

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Insular

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Isolated, Not interested in other people’s ideas

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Intransigent

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In travel agent

Unwilling to change one’s opinions

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Intrepid

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In trap

Brave

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Platitude

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Cliche

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Reproach

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Re approach a girl

Criticism

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Sedulous

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Seduce a girl

Hard working

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Stern

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Strict

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Accentuate

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Accent

Noticeable

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Conjecture

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Speculation

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Decadent

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State of moral decline

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Egregious

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Egg throw

Very bad

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Evanescent

A

Vanishing scent

Vanishing

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Gainsay

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Say against

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Galvanise

A

Excite someone into action

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Perfidy

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Without fidelity i.e loyalty

Betrayal of trust

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Pugnacious

A

Pubg

Eager to fight

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Skulduggery

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Dishonest behaviour to achieve aim

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Vapid

A

Tasteless

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Boorish

A

Boooooooo

Rude

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Deleterious

A

Harmful to health

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Edify

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Rectify

Make understand

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Elicit

A

Implicit, Explicit

Answer

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Fecund

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Funds - be productive to get funds

Productive

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Forbear

A

Forget beer

Restrain

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Impetuous

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Impatient us

Acting rashly

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Mordant

A

Mordo

Cruel in a funny way

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Repudiate

A

Refuse diet

Deny

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Trifling

A

Tried fling

Unimportant

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Eschew

A

Chew a lot

Avoid

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Esotertic

A

Estrogen

Hard to understand

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Fastidious

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Fast is tedious

Giving attention to detail

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Feign

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Pretend to be sick

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Furtive

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Fur = cats

Sneaky

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Nonchalant

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No challenge

Don’t care

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Pensive

A

Pen in your mouth

Deep in thoughts

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Somnolent

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Sleepy

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Stoic

A

Stone face

Indifferent

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Tout

A

Shout

Attempt to persuade people merits of

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Wane

A

Wine

Become weaker