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From Verbal Tests Flashcards

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PERSONABLE

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pleasant in appearance and manner

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MALIGN

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evil

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MUNIFICENT

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Generous

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MENDACIOUS

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Lying

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CLANDESTINE

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Hidden; she deserved better than these clandestine meetings; Surreptitious

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NUGATORY

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a nugatory and pointless observation: no value

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ERSATZ

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fake, artificial

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SOLIPSISTIC

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Solipsism is literally the theory that only the self exists or can be known to exist (“solipsistic” is sometimes used a bit figuratively to mean really selfish)

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RAN THE GAMUT

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much like the expression “from A to Z”

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RAN THE GAUNTLET

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withstood an attack from all sides

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HELD THE LINE

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imposed a limit

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PONDEROUS

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awkward or dull

a swarthy, ponderous giant of a man

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HOI - POLLOI

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common people

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CABAL

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secret political faction

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LITERATI

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well-educated

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PAROCHIAL

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Narrow-minded, low-class, unsophisticated

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DULCET

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sweet. soothing

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FAWNING

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displaying exaggerated flattery or affection; obsequious

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PATRONIZING - CONDESCENDING

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arrogant, unwanted help

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AMBIVALENT - EQUIVOCAL

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match the idea of mixed feelings

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SUPERSEDE

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it’s actually a figurative word meaning replace (e.g., I was superseded by younger workers at my job).

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POULTICES

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are soft, moist masses of material applied to the body to heal or relieve pain

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DRAMATURGY

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the theory and practice of dramatic composition.

“studies of Shakespeare’s dramaturgy”

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OPPORTUNISM

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exploitation

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CONTRIVANCE

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Strategy

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HISTRIONICS

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Theatrics

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DILETTANTE

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Amateur, non-professional

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COVEY

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a small group of people or things.

“coveys of actors rushed through the rooms”`

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MOTE

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a tiny piece of a substance; a speck.

“the tiniest mote of dust”

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TROVE

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a store of valuable or delightful things.
“the cellar contained a trove of rare wines”
Treasure Trove of Stories

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SALVO

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a simultaneous discharge of artillery or other guns in a battle.
“a deafening salvo of shots rang out”

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SANGUINE

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Optimistic

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SANGUINARY

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involving or causing much bloodshed.

“they lost heavily in the sanguinary campaigns that followed”

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BLITHE

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happy or carefree.

“a blithe seaside comedy”

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RECANT

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abjure, renounce

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FORFEIT

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Penalty

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Unpropitious - Inimical

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adverse or harmful

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CORROBORATE, ADVANCING `

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Supporting a theory

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EXACTING

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Demanding

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STINGY, MISERLY, PARSIMONIOUS, PENURIOUS,

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To be stingy means to reduce your spending, even at the expense of reducing your quality of life.

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FRUGAL, THRIFT

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Spending economically

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|NVOLVED

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complicated, intricate, complex

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VERISMILITUDE

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Authenticity means the stories are genuine or real. Verisimilitude is a close synonym of authenticity emphasizing the truthfulness of reliability of the stories.

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BRIO

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The word “brio” refers to having vigor or vivacity during a performance. For all the orchestra’s brio, ………..

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CUMBROUSLY, PONDEROUSLY

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The word “cumbrously” refers to an action that is done clumsily and with difficulty, especially with difficulty due to weight.
The word “ponderously” means to do something slowly or in a labored way, because of great weight.

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PROTRACTED

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Lengthy

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HARRIED

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harassed

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MOLLIFIED

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soothed

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BESEIGED

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harass, as with questions or requests; cause to feel distressed or worried
After discovering a priceless artifact in her backyard, Jane was besieged by phone calls, emails, and reporters all trying to buy, hold or see the rare piece of history.

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DISBARRED

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EXCLUDED

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MYOPIC

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lacking foresight or imagination

The company ultimately went out of business because the myopic managers couldn’t predict the changes in their industry.

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PERFUNCTORY

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done routinely and with little interest or care

The short film examines modern perfunctory cleaning rituals such as washing dishes, doing laundry and tooth-brushing.

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CELERITOUS

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swift, speedy, fast

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punctilious

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marked by precise accordance with details

The colonel was so punctilious about enforcing regulations that men feel compelled to polish even the soles of their shoes.

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inveterate

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habitual

He is an inveterate smoker and has told his family and friends that there is no way he will ever quit.

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DERELICT

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(of a person) not doing one’s duties

The teacher was derelict in her duties because she hadn’t graded a single student paper in three weeks.

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CLEMENCY

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clemency means mercy and forgiveness
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice

In the final moments of the trial, during his closing speech, Phillips was nearly begging the judge for clemency.

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FOSTER

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to help the growth of something

A good teacher not only teaches students how to do well on tests; a good teacher fosters curiosity and excitement to learn in her students.

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antediluvian

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prehistoric
primeval
primordial
primal
earliest
ancient
early
primigenial
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subterfuge

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something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

Finally deciding to abandon all subterfuge, Arthur revealed to Cindy everything about his secret affair over the past two years.

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SANTIONED

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“Sanctioned” is a very interesting word because it does in fact have two meanings that are almost the opposite of one another:

1) Give official permission or approval for (an action).
2) Impose a penalty on.

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EBB

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A flowing backward or away; decline; decay; a gradual falling off or diminution: as, the ebb of prosperity; crime is on the ebb.

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INDEFENSIBLE

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that cannot be defended, maintained, or justified, by either force or speech: as, an indefensible frontier; conduct that is indefensible.

Not defensible; not capable of being defended, maintained, vindicated, or justified; unjustifiable; untenable

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UNTENABLE

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With the combination of Kepler’s brilliant theories and Galileo’s telescopic observations, the old geocentric theory became untenable to most of the educated people in Europe.

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UNIMPEACHABLE

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free of guilt; not subject to blame; beyond doubt or reproach

After his long and unimpeachable service to the company, Sharat felt that a gold watch was a slap in the face rather than an honor.

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abnegation

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the action of renouncing or rejecting something.

“abnegation of political power”

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PURITAN

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a puritanical person

adjective – : acting or behaving according to the Puritan morals (e.g. propagating modesty), especially with regard to pleasure, nudity and sex

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SYBARITE

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a person who indulges in luxury

Despite the fact that he’d maxed out fifteen credit cards, Max was still a sybarite at heart: when the police found him, he was at a $1,000 an hour spa in Manhattan, getting a facial treatment.

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BRUSQUELY

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in a blunt, direct manner

Not one for social pleasantries, the Chief of Staff would brusquely ask his subordinates for anything he wanted, even coffee.

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PLUCKY

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means not easily daunted…. courageous, not giving up easily

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RILE

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cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

Dan is usually calm and balanced, but it takes only one intense glare from Sabrina to rile him.

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CORRALS

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gather together and confine (a group of people or things).

“the organizers were corralling the crowd into marching formation”

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ROUND UP

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To collect or gather (something) together.

verb – To round (a number) to the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

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SOPORIFIC

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tending or induce drowsiness or sleep

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EXACTING

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The word “exacting” means “requiring close attention,” and “making excessive demands.”

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ATTENUATE

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to weaken (in terms of intensity); to taper off/become thinner.
Her animosity towards Bob attenuated over the years, and she even went so far as to invite him to her party.
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SCHMOOZE

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To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection

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MACHINATING, PLOTTING

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engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

The rebels met at night in an abandoned barn to machinate.

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HOBNOB

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mix socially, especially with those of perceived higher social status.
“he was hobnobbing with the great and good”

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MUCKRAKE

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search out and publicize scandal about famous people.

“independent media are not afraid to muckrake and set their own agenda”

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RECONDITE (RE-CONDUCT)

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difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge

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REPRISAL

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a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

reprisal means to seek revenge, or to look for some way to have an eye-for-an-eye moment.

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GERMANE

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relevant and appropriate
The professor wanted to tell the jury in detail about his new book, but the lawyer said it wasn’t germane to the charges in the cases.

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EFFECT

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as a verb: to pull something off, to realize something.

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APOCRYPHAL

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being of questionable authenticity

The web is notorious for sandwiching apocryphal stories between actual news.

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AUGURY

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a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen.

“they heard the sound as an augury of death”

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EPIPHANY

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a moment of sudden and great revelation or realization.

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TROPES

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tropes are conventional ideas—themes that have been repeated many times

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FOR ALL……

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Contrast word….

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DYSPHORIC

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very unhappy, uneasy, or dissatisfied : marked or characterized by dysphoria a dysphoric mood a dysphoric person — see also premenstrual dysphoric disorder

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EBULLIENT

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joyously unrestrained

Can you blame him for his ebullient mood? He just graduated from medical school.

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DESPONDENT

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extremely sad, without hope

Fariha was a very strong woman, and she never became despondent no matter how many misfortunes she went through.

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TACITURN

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habitually reserved and uncommunicative

While the CEO enthusiastically shares his plans and agenda with all who will listen, the CFO is far more taciturn, rarely revealing his perspective.

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ASSIDUITY

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constant, sustained, careful work – in other words, the tortoise, with its slow, steady approach to a race, is being assiduous in finishing the race.

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