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General Knowledge 2 Flashcards

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bluster, pomposity, bravado

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bombast
sent: the boy’s bombast and swagger covered up his insecurity

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to reject, abstain from

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boycott
sent: we will boycott that store until they pay a living wage

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salty, briny

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brackish
sent: brackish water filled the small inlet

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curt, abupt, brisk

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brusque
sent: she acts brusque when she is under stress or in a hurry

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fortification, rampart, embankment

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bulwark
sent: before the battle, soldiers lines up along the bulwark

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to sprout, proliferate, multiply

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burgeon
sent: mini-marts and fast-food sites burgeon along the highway

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faction, conspiracy, plot

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cabal
sent: the rebels formed a cabol that met twice a week

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hiding place, hoard, store

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cache
sent: they found a cache of old films in the basement of the library

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inharmonious, dissonant, jarring

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cacophonous
sent: the cacophonous din is his attempt to play the trombone

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rhythm, pace, lilt

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cadence
sent: the train’s gentle cadence soon lulled us to sleep

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to coax, persuade, entice

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cajole
sent: canwe cajole you into spending the day with us?

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slander, defamation, slur

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calumny
sent: his vile calumny against her may lead to a lawsuit

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rule, law, tenet

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canon
sent: the canon of the council of nicaea advises fasting for lent

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roomy, voluminous, sizeable

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capacious
sent: she fits her laptop and books into that capitulate carpetbag

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to yield, surrender, submit

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capitulate
sent: their army will soon capitulate to our demands

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impulsive, whimsical, variable

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capricious
sent: her capricious nature keeps us guessing what she’ll do next

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caution, warning, stipulation

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caveat
sent: the doctor’s only caveat was to avoid fried foods

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swiftness, speed haste

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celerity
sent: with incredible celerity, the pit crew replaced all four times

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embarrassment, mortification, disappointment

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chagrin
sent: her chagrin at losing the game was visble on her face

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cahrm. magnetism, appeal

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charisma
sent: a politician’s charisme can help her to attract supporters

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wary, cautious, suspicios

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chary
sent: after losing money, she is chary is using that stockbroker again

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trickery, deception, fraud

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chicanery
sent: the con men used chicanery to learn about their victims

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to scold, rebuke, reprimand

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chide
sent: both nannies chide their chargers after the sandbox battle

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gallant, well-mannered, courteous

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chivalrous
sent: his chivalrous manners seem to come from an earlier age

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bad-tempered, irritable, belligerent

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choleric
sent: a choleric disposition rarely leads to successful friendships

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rude, coarse, boorish

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churlish
sent: it would be churlish to refuse his kind hospitality

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to restrict, limit, encircle

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circumscribe
sent: barbed-wire fences circumscribe the ranchland

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to demand, exclaim, shout

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clamor
sent: excited children clamor for the pitcher’s autograph

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to split, slice-chop

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cleave
sent: use the sharpened axe to cleave the firewood easily

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mercy, leniency. compassion

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clemency
sent: the judge may grant clemency if she finds his remorse sincere

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syrupy, sugary, nauseating

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cloying
sent: the overly sweet sauce tasted unpleasently cloying

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logical, convincing, coherent

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cogent
sent: your argument is bith cogent and well-reasoned

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coal miner

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collier
sent: the collier descended into the shaft on a rickety elevator

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conspiracy, scheme, complicity

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collusion
sent: their whispered conversations seemed to imply a collusion

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edible, safe to eat

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comestible
sent: do you know which of the wild mushrooms are comestible?

36
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proportionate, corresponding, matching

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commensurate
sent: we expect a salary commesurate with our skills

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to emphasize, sympathzise, show compassion

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commiserate
sent: i commiserate with the workers who lost their jobs this week

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ample, spacious, roomy

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commodious
sent: one commodious handbag can hold everything you need

39
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summary, abstract, list

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compendium
sent: the appendix includes a compendium of early works

40
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contended, self-statisfied, unconcerned

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complacent
sent: knowing that she has tenure gives her a complacent air

41
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regret, qualm, uneasiness

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compunction
sent: he had no compunction about firing the sloppy painter

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to pacify, appease, mollify

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conciliate
sent: the boss made some changed to conciliate upset worker

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to pardon, overlook, forgive

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condone
sent: i could never condone their crude behavior

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fire, inferno, blaze

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conflagration
sent: by the time firetrucks arrived, a conflagration had erupted

45
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guess, speculation, theory

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conjecture
sent: my conjecture about his motives proved to be incorrect

46
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to interpret, analyze, decipher

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consture
sent: were you able to construe the meaning of this old text?

47
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controversial, argumentative, debatable

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contentious
sent: her contentious remarks led to a forceful and heatd discussion

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adjacent, abutting, boarding

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contiguous
sent: the famers fields are contiguous with state land

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repentance, penitence, remorse

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contrition
sent: the burglar;s obvious contrition may earn hom a short sentence

50
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riddle, puzzle, mystery

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conundrum
sent: that geometric proof is a complete conundrum to me

51
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hospitable, cordial, sociable

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convivial
sent: our hosts were convivial and made our trip delightful

52
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flirt, tease

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coquette
sent: she is shy in real life but plays a coquette on television

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sophisticated, international, multi-ethnic

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cosmopolitan
sent: toronto is a cosmopolitan city with foods from every land

54
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ball, dance, prom

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cotillion
sent: our club hold a formal cotillion once a year

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appearance, face, expression

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countenance
sent: the child’s countenance mixed excitement with fear

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agreement, pledge, contract

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covenant
sent: the classmates made a covenant to meet again in 20 years

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believable, plausible, probable

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credible
sent: is that theory credible, or does it lack substance?

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puzzling, mysterious, secret

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cryptic
sent: did you recieve a cryptic message from your father?

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club, stick, truncheon

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cudgel
sent: he used a cudgel to beat away the thorn bushes

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drain, sewer, channal

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culvert
sent: ducks were swimming in the culvert after the rainstorm

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clergyman, cleric

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curate
sent: a curate greeted us at the door of the church

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superficial hasty, perfunctory

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cursory
sent: i only had time to give your essay a cursory look

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ire, temper, anger

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dander
sent: don’t get your danger up just because he behaves rudely

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to smear, spread, paint

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daub
sent: to clown daub their cheeks with red face paint

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refine, sauve, elegant

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debonair
sent: james bond is a character known for debonair good looks

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obsequious, respectful, reverant

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deferential
sent: the young priest are deferential toward the bishop

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harmful, injurious, damaging

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deleterious
sent: caffeine may have a deleterious effect on blood pressure

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bearing, behavior, conduct

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demeanor
sent: a subdued demeanor is appropriate at a funeral

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to object, protest, balk

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demur
sent: i must demur at your description of her presentation

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to belittle, vilify, disparage

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denigrate
sent: try not denigrate people whom you do not understand

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resident, citizen, native

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denizen
sent: she is a denizen of Chicago
having lived there for decades

72
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to condemn, denounce, criticize

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deprecate
sent: some students deprecate the value of writing seminars

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abandonment, denounce, criticize

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deprecate
sent: some students deprecate the value of writing seminars

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abandonment, neglect, desertion

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dereliction
sent: parts of the city were marked by dereliction and ruin

75
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to ruin, plunder, damage

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despoil
sent: did the vikings despoil these coastal towns?

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haphazard, aimless, random

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desultory
sent: our conversation become desultory and finally died out

77
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debris, remains, fragments

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detritus
sent: a storm shells and other detritus along the sand

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to delegate, entrust, transfer

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devolve
sent: slowly, the king will devolve power to hid ministers

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