Essential Words V Flashcards by Alex Franklin | Brainscape

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Bisect

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Cut in half

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Bifurcate

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Split into two branches

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Cacophonous

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Unpleasant sounding

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Circumambulate

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Walk around in a circle

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Circumlocution

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Wordiness or evasion in speech

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Circumspect

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Cautious, prudent

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Cohesive

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Sticking or fitting together

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Compelling

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Convincing, forceful, attention-grabbing

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Confluence

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A flowing together

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Cognoscente

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Expert in a subject

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Countervail

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Compensate for, counteract, oppose

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Contravene

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Oppose, violate, contradict

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Controvert

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Dispute in argument, engage in controversy

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Decadent

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In a state of decline, often self-indulge

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Derivative

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Originating from something else, lacing originality

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Depose

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Remove a leader, or take testimony

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Dichotomy

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Division into two opposing parts

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Diachronic

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Relating to change over time

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Dispel

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Scatter, make vanish

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Divert

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Turn aside or distract

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Dissonance

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Discord, clash of sounds

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Distend

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Bloat, swell, expand

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Diffidence

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Hesitant, lack in self-confidence

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Digress

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Deviate from subject

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Dystopia

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future/imaginary world

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Duopoly

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Condition in which there are only two sellers.

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Endemic

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Native to a population

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Eulogize

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Praise highly (often after death)

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Euphony

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Pleasing sound (usually of words)

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Excision

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Act of cutting out, removing

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Elocution

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Art of speaking well in public

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad, flagrant

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Elucidate

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Make clear, explain

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Effluvium

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By-product, exhalation (often bad)

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Extrinsic

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External to something’s nature

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Homophone

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A word pronounced like another word

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Hyperbole

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Exaggeration

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Hypodermic

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Injected beneath the skin

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Incisive

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Cutting to the heart of a matter, direct

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Induct

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Admits as a member

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Interpolate

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Fill in missing pieces, words, or data

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Intrinsic

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Internal to something’s nature

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Magnanimity

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Nobility of spirit

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Malevolent

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Wishing harm, ready to do evil

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Maleficent

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Doing harm or evil

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Maladroit

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Lacking skill

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Megalomania

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Insane belief that one is all-powerful

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Misanthropy

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Hatred of humankind

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Misogyny

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Hatred of women

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Monograph

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A written report or paper on a narrow subject

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Monopoly

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Condition in which there is only one seller

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Multifarious

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Diverse, varied