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Essential Words XI Flashcards

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Gauche

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Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, crude

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Gawky

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Physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person, often used to describe teenagers)

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Gerome

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Relevant and appropriate, ontopic

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Gist

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Main idea, essence

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Glib

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Fluent and easy in a way that suggests superficiality or insincerity

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Goosebumps

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The “bumps” created by hairs standing up on the skin in response to cold, fear, etc.

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Graduation

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A progression, a process taking place gradually, in stages; one of these stages

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Gregarious

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Sociable, pertaining to a flock or crowd

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Guile

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Clever deceit, cunning, craftiness

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Hackneyed

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So commonplace as to be stale; not fresh or original

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Hardy

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Bold, brave, capable of withstanding hardship, fatigue, cold, etc.

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Haven

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Harbor or port; refuge, safe place

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Hearken

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Listen, pay attention to

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Hedonist

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Person devoted to pleasure

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Heterogeneous

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Different in type, incongruous; composed of different types of elements

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Hierarchy

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A ranked series; a classification of people according to rank, ability, etc;, a ruling body

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Hodgepodge

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Mixture of different kinds of things, jumble

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Homogeneous

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Of the same kind; uniform throughout

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Hyperbole

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Deliberate exaggeration of effect

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Idiosyncrasy

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Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; peculiar quality, quirk

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Illiberality

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Narrow-mindedness, bigotry; strictness or lack of generosity

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Imminent

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Ready to occur, impending

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Impair

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Make worse, weaken

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Impartial

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Unbiased, fair

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Impede

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Hold back, obstruct the progress of

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Implication

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Act of implying or that which is implied; close connection, esp. in an incriminating way

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Implicit

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Implied, not stated directly; involved in the very essence of something, unquestionable

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Implode

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Burst inward; fall apart

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Inadvertent

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Unintentional; characterized by a lack of attention, careless

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Inasmuch

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In like manner, considering that (contraction of “in as much,” generally followed by “as”)

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Incendiary

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Setting on fire, pertaining to arson; arousing strife, rebellion, etc;, “inflaming” the senses

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Incentive

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Something that encourages greater action or effort, such as a reward

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Inchoate

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Just begun, undeveloped, unorganized

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Incipient

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Just beginning; in a very early stage

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Incongruous

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Out of place, inappropriate, not harmonious

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Inconsequential

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Insignificant, unimportant; illogical

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Incorporate

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Include, take in; combine unite; form a legal corporation; embody, give physical form to

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Indeterminate

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Not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague

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Indifferent

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Not caring, having no interest; unbiased, impartial

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Inform

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Inspire, animate; give substance, essence, or context to; be the characteristic quality of

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Ingenuous

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Genuine, sincere, not holding back; naive

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Ingrained

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Deep-rooted, forming part of the very essence; worked into the fiber

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Inherent

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Existing as a permanent, essential quality; intrinsic

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Innocuous

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Harmless, inoffensive

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Intelligible

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Able to be understood, clear

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Intractable

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Difficult to control, manage, or manipulate; hard to cure; stubborn

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Intrepid

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Fearless, brave, enduring in the face of adversity

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Intrinsic

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Belonging to the essential nature of a thing

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Jargon

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Vocabulary specific to a group or occupation; convoluted or unintelligible language

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Jocular

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Joking or given to joking all the time; jolly, playful

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