Essential Words V Flashcards by Alex Franklin

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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

Dystopia

future/imaginary world

Duopoly

Condition in which there are only two sellers.

Endemic

Native to a population

Eulogize

Praise highly (often after death)

Euphony

Pleasing sound (usually of words)

Excision

Act of cutting out, removing

Elocution

Art of speaking well in public

Egregious

Conspicuously bad, flagrant

Elucidate

Make clear, explain

Effluvium

By-product, exhalation (often bad)

Extrinsic

External to something's nature

Homophone

A word pronounced like another word

Hyperbole

Exaggeration

Hypodermic

Injected beneath the skin

Incisive

Cutting to the heart of a matter, direct

Induct

Admits as a member

Interpolate

Fill in missing pieces, words, or data

Intrinsic

Internal to something's nature

Magnanimity

Nobility of spirit

Malevolent

Wishing harm, ready to do evil

Maleficent

Doing harm or evil

Maladroit

Lacking skill

Megalomania

Insane belief that one is all-powerful

Misanthropy

Hatred of humankind

Misogyny

Hatred of women

Monograph

A written report or paper on a narrow subject

Monopoly

Condition in which there is only one seller

Multifarious

Diverse, varied