Deck 6 Flashcards by Joseph Hungate

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Illusory

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deceptive, beguiling

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Imperious

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bossy, officious

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Impute

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to assign or attribute to someone, charge, accuse

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Imminent

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approaching, forthcoming, looming

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Immutable

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unchanging, steadfast, intractable

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Impecunious

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penniless, insolvent, bankrupt

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Impenitent

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unrepentant, un-contrite

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Impertinent

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insolent, arrogant, haughty, brazen

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Impetuous

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impulsive, unreflective, capricious

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Improvident

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imprudent, heedless, careless

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Imprudent

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indiscreet, thoughtless

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Impugn

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malign, vilify, defame

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Inane

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fatuous, foolish, stupid, vapid, vacuous

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Inapt

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inappropriate, unfitting

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Incandescent

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phosphorescence, illumination, luminosity

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Incarnate

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personified, symbolizing

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Incipient

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beginning stage, nascent

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Incisive

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Having or demonstrating ability to draw fine distinctions, clever

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Impetuous

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rash, impulsive, capricious

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Impeccable

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faultless, perfect, virtuous

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Incessant

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ceaseless, unremitting, relentless

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Harbinger

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messenger, herald

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Haughty

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arrogant

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Hegemony

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supremacy, dominion over

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Heinous

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atrocious, nefarious, ignominious

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Heretical

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free-thinking, iconoclastic, nihilistic, nonconformist

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Heterogeneity

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diversity, eclecticism, protean

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Hiatus

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interruption

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Homogeneity

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similar, uniform, identical

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Humdrum

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monotonous, unvaried, uneventful, prosaic

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Iconoclast

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one who questions/challenges fundamental belief

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Idiosyncrasy

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eccentricity, distinctive quality/trait/habit/behavior

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Idyllic

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pastoral, bucolic, peaceful

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Ignominy

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dishonor, disgrace, wicked, malevolent

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Hedonist

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person who acts in pursuit of pleasure

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Hitherto

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previously, until now

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Felicitous

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opportune, propitious, fortunate

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Fervor

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passions, ardor, zeal

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Fiasco

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failure, debacle

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Flotsam

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wreckage floating at sea, rubbish

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Forgo

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forsake, abstain from

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Fortitude

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strength, courage, mettle

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Forbearance

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self-control, self-denial, abstinence, eschewal

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Forlorn

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miserable, abject

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Foster

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promote, espouse

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Frolicsome

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playful, frisky

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Frugal

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thrifty, economically wise, sparing

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Furtive

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secretive, clandestine, surreptitious

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Garish

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flashy, loud, bold

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Garrulous

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loquacious, talkative, voluble

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Gauche

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ill-bred, coarse, boorish, vulgar, crass

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Generous

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munificent, beneficent, magnanimous, benevolent

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Gaunt

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notably thin, skeletal, scrawny

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Glean

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harvest, gather, collect

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Goad

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prod, provoke, instigate, foment

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Gourmet

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epicure, connoisseur of good food

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Grate

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irritate, acerbate, exasperate

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Gregarious

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friendly, affable

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Guile

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cunning, duplicity, wiles

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Hackneyed

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cliched, platitude, banal, trite

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Halcyon

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tranquil, serene, peaceful

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Harangue

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rant, diatribe

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Ferret

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search out, track down

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Flamboyant

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dazzling, showy, gaudy

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Florid

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flowery, ornate, baroque, elaborate

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Jetsam

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discarded material thrown overboard

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Forbearance

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patience, restraint

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Fortuitous

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lucky, serendipitous, felicitous, propitious

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Fraught

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filled, teeming, packed with

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Garner

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gather in, collect, mass

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Gaudy

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garish, tawdry, meretricious, tinselly

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Gentry

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aristocracy, patrician

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Glutton

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gourmand, voracious, insatiable

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Gossamer

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cobwebby, feathery, diaphanous, transparent

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Grandiloquent

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bombastic, pompous, pretentious

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Greed

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avarice, venality

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Hallowed

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sacred, consecrated, venerated, revered