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Final English Vocab Flashcards

1
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Dissect

A

Cut apart piece by piece for study; analyze closely

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2
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Incisive

A

Sharp; keen; penetrating

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3
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Intersect

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Cut across each other; cross

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4
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Bellicose

A

Inclined to fight or quarrel; pugnacious; warlike

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5
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Equivocate

A

Be deliberately ambiguous; use misleading terms so as not to commit oneself

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Ingenuous

A

Innocent and simple; artless; naive

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Pusillanimous

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Lacking in courage; cowardly; timid

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Congregate

A

Gather into a crowd; assemble

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Exodus

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Going out; mass departure

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Labyrinth

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Place full of confusing interconnecting passageways and blind alleys; maze; anything extremely intricate and perplexing

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Obsolescent

A

Going out of use; becoming obsolete

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Altruistic

A

Unselfishly concerned for the welfare of others; unselfish

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13
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Contrite

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Sorrowful for a misdeed that one has committed; deeply repentant

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14
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Gregarious

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Seeking or enjoying the company of others; sociable

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15
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Impetuous

A

Acting suddenly without forethought; rash; impulsive

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Indolent

A

Inclined to avoid work; lazy; idle

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17
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Obstreperous

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Excessively noisy; boisterous; unruly

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Parsimonious

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Extremely frugal; miserly; stingy; cheep

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Sanguine

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Confidently optimistic; hopeful

20
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Skeptical

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Disbelieving; doubting; not easily convinced

21
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Vindictive

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Inclined to seek vengeance; unforgiving; spiteful

22
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Genuflect

A

Bend the knee, as in reverence or worship; kneel

23
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Gustatory

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Having to do with the sense of taste or tasting

24
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Olfactory

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Concerned with the sense of smell

25
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Prone

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Lying face downward

Having a bent or inclination; predisposed

26
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Tactile

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Having to do with the sense of touch

27
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Hold a candle to

A

Compare favorably with

28
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Hold water

A

Remain sound, logical, or consistent; stand up

29
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Play the devil’s advocate

A

Uphold the wrong side of a cause for the sake of argument

30
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red herring

A

Something used to distract attention from the real issue (from the practice of drawing a red herring across a trail to confuse hunting dogs)

31
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Roll out the red carpet

A

Show impressive courtesy and ceremonial hospitality ( from the practice of rolling out a red carpet for arriving dignitaries to step on)

32
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Abstract

A

Considered apart from material or specific instances; existing as a concept; not concrete

33
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Acronym

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Word formed from the first letter of letter of other words

34
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Articulate

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Capable of speech; able to express oneself effectively

35
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Cliche

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Overused expression; trite phase; platitude

36
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Diatribe

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Bitter spoken or written attack, angry criticism, denunciation

37
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Epithet

A

Word or phrase used to negatively characterize a person or thing

38
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Maxim

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Concisely expressed statement of a general truth or rule of conduct; a proverbial saying

39
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Oxymoron

A

Figure of speech that combines contradictory terms

40
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Palindrome

A

Any word or phrase, or sentence that reads the same backwards as forwards

41
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Pejorative

A

Having a derogatory meaning or effect;

Downgrading; disparaging

42
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Conciseness

A

Brevity and compactness in expression resulting from the avoidance of needless words and unnecessary detail
(Concise$

43
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Boycott

A

Join with others to refuse or deal with

44
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Machiavellian

A

Crafty; deceitful; cunning

45
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Odyssey

A

Long, wandering journey

46
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Sadist

A

Deriving pleasure by inflicting pain on others; deliberately cruel

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