GAMSAT vocab Flashcards
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Credulity
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Tendency to be too ready to believe something is real or true
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Magnanimous
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Generous or forgiving, particular towards a rival or less powerful person
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Milieu
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A person’s social environment
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Conviction
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Firmly held belief or opinion
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Erudition
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To teach; educate
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meretriciousness
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Alluring by show of flashy or vulgar attractions - based on deception or insincerity; vulgar
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Astuteness
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Being able ot understand a situation and see how to get an advantage from it
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Hedonism
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Pursuit of self pleasure; sensual self-indulgence
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Ephemeral
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Lasting for a short time; transient
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Microcosm
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Community, place or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger
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absolution
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Formal release of guilty, obligation or punishmnet
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Innocuous
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Neither hurtful, harmful or injurious;
Harmless
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Patronage
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A condescending manner or attitude in granting favours, in dealing with people
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Invective
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Highly critical
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Rancour
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Bitterness
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Appropriation
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Act of making something one’s own, usually without permission
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Despotism
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System of government where ruler has unlimited power
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Cardinal
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Serious or grave/ main
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Virtue
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Moral excellence
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parochialism
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a limited or narrow outlook, especially focused on a local area; narrow-mindedness.
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Truculent
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quick to argue or fight, aggressively defensive
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Moral
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Concerned with principles of right and wrong behaviour
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Virility
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Quality of having strength, energy, strong sex drive
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Glib
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Fluid but insincere or shallow; flippant
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Compassion
Showing pity and concern for sufferings or misfortunes of others
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Apathy
Lack of interest, enthusiasm or concern
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Generosity
Showing readiness to give
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Altruistic
Showing disinterested and selfless concern for well-being of others; unselfish
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Acrimoniously
Bitter or critical
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Impudent
Not showing due respect to another person; impertinent
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Indignant
Anger at what is perceived as unfair treatment
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Emphatic
Expressing something forcibly and clearly
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Apprehensive
Anxious or fearful something bad will happen
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Disconcerting
To make to feel unsettled
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Despond
To become disheartened or discouraged
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Piety
Quality of being religious or reverent
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Reverent
Feeling or showing deep and solemn respect
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Capacious
Having lots of space inside; broad
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Pragmatic
Dealing with things in a sensible and realistic way based on practical rather than theoretical consideraitons
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Vulgar
Lacking sophistication or good taste
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Mirth
Emotion that produces laughter
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Trite
Lacking originality or freshness; ordinary
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Circumspection
Quality of being unwilling to take risks, wary, prudence
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Therapeutic
Relating to healing of disease
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Transience
Temporary
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Equivocality
Ambiguity (equivocal) - capable of double interpretation
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Antagonistic
Showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something.
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Maudlin
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental
| self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.
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Derisive
Expressing contempt or ridicule; mocking
No one wants to deal with Jim because he is so derisive towards his coworkers
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Largesse
Liberality in bestowing gifts
Generosity
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Slavish
Abjectly submissive; characteristic of servant
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Abject
completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
| the state of being extremely unhappy, poor, unsuccessful,
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Imperiously
Manner showing arrogant superiority
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Rapture
State of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
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Conspicious
Clearly visible
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Impervious
unable to be affected by.
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Behemonth
Someone who is abnormally large or powerful
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Obstinate
Tenacious unwillingness to yield
Stubborn
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Tenacious
tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.
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Staid
sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.
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Leery
Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
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Languid
Lacking spirit, energy, liveliness
After a stressful day of work, I am going to enjoy a languid walk through the park
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Fraught
Filled
This ill-planned and hazardous enterprise was fraught with the elements of inevitable failure.
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Fetter
restrain
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Effusion
Overflow of emotion (not held back)
| Flow of liquids into body
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Wanton
Lewd or immoral person
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Tenable
based on sound reasoning or evidence
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Enigmatical
Not clear to the understanding
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Arduous
Difficult to accomplish
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Shrewd
having or showing sharp powers of judgement; astute; intelligent
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Absolution
Act of being formally forgiven
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Archetypal
very typical of a certain kind of person or thing.
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laudable
Worthy of high praise
His noble ideas and polite behaviour are laudable
NOT believable
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Abet
encourage or assist (someone) to do something wrong, in particular to commit a crime.
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Venerate
regard with great respect; revere.
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Ardour
great enthusiasm or passion.
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Incessant
continuing without pause or interruption.
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Adroit
clever or skilful.
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Disingenuous
not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does.
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Mysticism
vague or ill-defined religious or spiritual belief, especially as associated with a belief in the occult.
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Inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent.
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Banality
the fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality.
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Blasé
unimpressed with or indifferent to something because one has experienced or seen it so often before.
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Nonchalant
feeling or appearing casually calm and relaxed; not displaying anxiety, interest, or enthusiasm.
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Egregious
outstandingly bad; shocking.
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Oligarchy
a small group of people having control of a country or organization.
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Pejorative
word or phrase expressing contempt or disapproval; negative connotation
degrading
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Diffidence
modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence.
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Contumacious
stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority.
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Vicissitude
a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.
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Dauntless
showing fearlessness and determination.
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Abnegation
the action of renouncing or rejecting something; self-denial; unselfishness
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Amity
friendly relations; peace, harmony
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Abject
1. (of something bad) experienced or present to the maximum degree.
"his letter plunged her into abject misery"
2. (of a person or their behaviour) completely without pride or dignity; self-abasing.
"an abject apology"
wretched, miserable, hopeless, pathetic, pitiful
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Callousness
insensitive and cruel disregard for others.
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tacit
understood or implied without being stated.
| "your silence may be taken to mean tacit agreement"
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Ascription
the attribution of something to a cause.
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Sanctity
1. ultimate importance and inviolability.
| 2. the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly.
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Putative
generally considered or reputed to be.
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Spurious
not being what it purports to be; false or fake.
| "separating authentic and spurious claims"
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Sanguine
optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
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Admonitory
warning
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Frank
open, sincere, or undisguised.
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Factious
relating or inclined to dissension (disagreement that leads to discord); divided; split
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Sardonic
Grimly mocking or cynical
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Vexed
annoyed, frustrated, or worried.
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Allusive
Suggestion (rather than explicit mention)
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Wry
Using or expressing dry, mocking humour
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Pestilence
Infectious disease
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banality
Unoriginal, ordinary, mundane
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Tawdry
Showy but of cheap, poor quality - Sordid
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Terse
Short
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Unsparing
Brutal, nothing wouldn't say to destroy
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Affectation
Pretentious and designed to impress, façade
e.g. crocodile tears
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Cynicism
Inclination to believe people are motivated by self-interest; scepticism
Cynic: someone who has negative opinions about other people, believes people are selfish and only believe in helping selves
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Prig
Self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if they are superior to others; prude
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Mawkish
Sentimental in an exaggerated or false way
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Maladroit
Clumsy, inefficient, inept
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Befit
Appropriate for, suit, fitting
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Extol
Praise enthusiastically
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Pastiche
Artistic work that imitates that of another work, artist or period
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Suffuse
Gradually spread through or over
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Redolent
Strong reminiscent or suggestive of
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Inveigle
Persuade to do something by means of deception or flattery, coax, cajole, persuade
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Sully
Damage purity or integrity of; taint
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Seamy
Sordid and disreputable
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Parsimonious
Unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy
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Fuddle
State of confusion or intoxication
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Impolitic
Failing to possess or display prudence; unwise
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Captious
Tending to find fault or raise petty objections
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Bruit
Spread widely (rumour)
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Sordid
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives
Dirty or squalid
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Beget
Cause
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Philantropy
The desire to promote the welfare of others, expressed especially by the generous donation of money to good causes.
A philanthropist is a person who donates time, money, experience, skills or talent to help create a better world.
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Replete
Filled or well-supplied
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Adduce
Cite as evidence
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Expedite
To make accomplishment of action quicker
