Direct Hits Volume 1 Flashcards by John Doe

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pragmatic

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practical

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evocation

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an imaginative recreation

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presumptious

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impertinently bold, overbearing, overstepping boundaries

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clandestine/surreptitiousness

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secretive

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reproach/ censure

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scold

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conjecture

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inference, supposition

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auspicious

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favorable

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despondent

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depressed

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impasse

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failure to reach an agreement

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belie

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to give a false impression

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platitudinous/ banal/ hackneyed/ trite

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commonplace

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forerunner

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a preceding event

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inscrutable

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mysterious/ enigmatic / baffling

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acquiesce

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to accept, comply

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credulous/ naive

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unsophisticated

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endemic

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native to an area/ indigenous

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exhort

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to strongly encourage

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indulgent

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overly tolerant

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polarize / divisive

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to break into opposing factions

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penchant / predilection

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an inclination

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boorish / uncouth

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vulgar

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stymie

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to thwart/ stop

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voracious

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eager for food, ravenous

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callous

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insensitive

intrepid / undaunted

fearless, courageous

itinerant

mobile, not sendentary

poignant

touching, heart trending

bucolic / rustic / pastoral

charmingly rural

equanimity

calmness, composure

panache/ verve

dash and flamboyant in style or action

placid / serene

calm

amalgam

mixture

viable

possible

intemperate

lacking restraint, excessive

laud/ extol/ tout/ acclaim

praise

disparage

belittle

disparity

inequality

innocuous

harmless

tirade / diatribe

bitter denunciation, long angry speech

charlatan

fake, fraud

ascetic

a person who leads a life of self denial

raconteur

a person who in telling ancedote

partisan

a person with biased beliefs

automation

a mindless follower

prognosticator

a person who makes predictions based upon data

pundit

a professional commentator

zealot

a very enthusiastic person

greenhorn

novice

dissembler/ prevaricator

liar

proponent

advocate, champion of a cause

obsequious / sycophant

excessively eager to obey, submissive

stoic

a person who is impassive and emotionless

reprobate

a morally unprincipled person

renegade

a disloyal person