Final Exam Vocab Flashcards
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acrimony
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bitterness, discord
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acumen
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keen insight
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alacrity
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eagerness, speed
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anathema
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a cursed, detested person
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antipathy
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a strong dislike
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approbation
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praise
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aspersion
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a curse, expression of ill-will
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assiduous
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hard-working
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cacophany
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tremendous noise
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cajole
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to urge, coax
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capricious
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subject to whim, fickle
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clemency
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mercy
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cogent
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intellectually convincing
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conundrum
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puzzle, problem
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cursory
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brief to the point of being superficial
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deletrious
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harmful
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deprecate
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to belittle
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desecrate
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to violate the sacredness of a thing or place
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diffident
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shy, quiet, modest
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discursive
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rambling, lacking order
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dissemble
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to conceal, fake
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ebullient
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extremely lively
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effrontery
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impudence, nerve, insolence
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egregarious
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extremely bad
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enervate
to weaken
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ephemeral
short-lived
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eschew
to shun
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evanescent
fleeting, momentary
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evince
to show, reveal
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excuplate
to free from guilt or blame
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exigent
urgent, critical
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expiate
to make amends for
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extant
not destroyed or lost
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extol
to praise
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fallacious
misleading
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fastidious
having high and often unattainable standards
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fatuous
silly, foolish
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fractious
troublesome or irritable
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garrulous
talkative, wordy
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gregarious
sociable
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hackneyed
unoriginal, trite
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hapless
unlucky
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harangue
a ranting speech
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hegemony
domination over others
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iconoclast
one who attacks common beliefs or institutions
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impassive
not susceptible to suffering
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imperious
domineering
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impertinent
rude, insolent
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impervious
incapable of being affected
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impetuous
rash, hastily done
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impinge
1. to make an impression
| 2. to infringe
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incontrovertible
indisputible
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ineffable
incapable of being expressed through words
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inexorable
incapable of being persuaded
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ingenuous
innocent and candid
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iniquity
wickedness or sin
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insidious
appealing but harmful
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intransigent
refusing to compromise
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invective
an angry verbal attack
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inveterate
stubbornly established by habit
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laconic
terse in speech or writing
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languid
sluggish from fatigue
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latent
hidden, but capable of being exposed
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licentious
displaying a lack of moral or legal restraints
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maelstrom
destructive whirlpool
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malevolent
wanting harm to befall others
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manifold
diverse, varied
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maudlin
weakly sentimental
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mendacious
having a false character
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mercurial
characterized by rapid change
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modicum
a small amount of something
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morass
something that traps and confuses
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myriad
consisting of a very great number
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nascent
in the process of coming into existence
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nefarious
heinously villainous
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neophyte
someone who is young or inexperienced
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obfuscate
to render incomprehensible
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obtuse
lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect
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odious
instilling hatred
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credulity
readiness to believe
