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english 11-20 Flashcards

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Acme

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The highest point of achievement

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Adept

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Very skillful

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Aptitude

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Natural ability ; talent

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Astute

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Having shrewd judgment; observant, clever, and cunning

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Finesse

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To achieve a goal or handle a situation with subtle skill

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Painstaking

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Marked by or requiring great care; demanding extended extreme

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Precocious

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Showing unusually early development or maturity

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Resourceful

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Effective and imaginative

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Virtuoso

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A very skilled musician or other type of artist

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Idiosyncrasy

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An unusual habit of one particular person

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Obtrusive

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Unpleasantly noticeable

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Orthodox

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Doing and believing what is commonly accepted or customary

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Prevalent

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Widely or commonly existing or practiced

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Prosaic

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Dull

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Quaint

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Charmingly odd

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Rarity

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Something that is very infrequent or scarce

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Singular

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Being the only one of a kind ; unique

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Trite

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Overused and therefore lacking in interest

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Legitimate

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Lawful

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Mediocre

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Moderate to inferior in quality ;ordinary

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Meritorious

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Earning money

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Truism

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Trustworthy

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Validate

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To establish or confirm the truth legality of something

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Circumlocution

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To use unnecessarily

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Cogent

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Logical and convincing

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Discourse

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Formal speech or writing

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Falter

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To hesitate or stammer in speech

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Literate

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Able to read and write

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Prattle

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To talk foolishly

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Raconteur

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A person who tells stories

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Sophistry

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Clever arguments that are misleading or incorrect

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Utterance

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Something that is said

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Verbose

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Using or containing too many words

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Aficionado

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An enthusiastic fan or admirer

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Appraisal

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Evaluation or estimation of worth

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Base

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Low or inferior in poetic or quality

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Frank

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Honest , frank, expressing an honest opinion

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Criterion

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A standard of judgment

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Dexterity

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Skill and graceful in physical movement

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Bravado

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False bravery

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Embargo

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A government order preventing trade with another country

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Flotilla

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A small fleet of boats and ships

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Hacienda

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A large estate or ranch

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Incommunicado

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Without a way to communicate

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Junta

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A group of military leaders who seize and hold power over a country

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Peccadillo

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A small fault

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Peon

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An unskilled laborer or farm worker

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Renegade

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An outlaw

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Appreciable

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Noticeable

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Breadth

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A Wide range

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Copious

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Abundant

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Gargantuan

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Gigantic

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Inordinate

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Exceeding reasonable limits

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Negligible

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Insignificant

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Paucity

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Scarcity

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Pittance

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An inadequate wage

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Proliferate

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To spread quickly

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Arbitrary

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Based on impulse rather than on reason

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Coincidental

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Happening by chance

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Contrive

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To Cleverly plot

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Deliberation

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Careful thinking

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Fortuitous

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Happening by luck accident

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Haphazard

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Chosen randomly

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Premeditated

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Planned beforehand

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Prophetic

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Foreseeing the future

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Spontaneity

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The quality of following impulses

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Unwittingly

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Unknowingly

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Assert

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To state family

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Ferocity

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fierceness

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Flout

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To disobey openly

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Foolhardy

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Unwisely bold

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Headstrong

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Willful and stubborn

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Incisive

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Clear and sharp in analysis or expression

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Outspoken

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Very candid

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Undaunted

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Not discouraged

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Vehement

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Forceful

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Vibrant

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Vigorous, energetic

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Disregard

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To ignore

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Enthrall

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To charm

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Headless

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Not paying attention

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Oblivious

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Lacking awareness

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Preoccupy

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To hold attention completely

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Rapt

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Deeply absorbed in something

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Receptive

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Willing to accept something

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Scrutinize

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To Examine carefully

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Tacit

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Unspoken

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Vigilant

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Watchful

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Dogmatic

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Stating opinions as truth

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Epiphany

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A sudden insight into an essential truth

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Pensive

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Deeply thoughtful

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Philosophy

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A set of personal values by which one lives

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Plausible

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Apparently true or reasonable

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Ponder

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To think about carefully

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Postulate

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To assume the truth about something

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Rationality

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Logic and reasoning

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Reverie

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A day dream

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Stratagem

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A cunning scheme meant to trick

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