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General Knowledge 3 Flashcards

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sheer, filmy, translucent

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diaphanous
sent: diaphanous curtains let in the morning light

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invective, tirade, rant

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diatribe
sent: your diatribe at the meeting jusr made you seem hysterical

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informative, educational, instructive

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didactic
sent: to poem is didactic and has a clear moral

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shy, reticent, timid

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diffident
sent: his diffident actions can seem unfriendly

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lagging, slow, sluggish

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dilatory
sent: they used dilatory tactics to delay the preoceedings

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to embrass, mortify, disconcert

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discomfit
sent: dad’s hilarity is designed to discomfit his daughter

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to belittle, mock, criticize

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disparage
sent: he chose to disparage his staff rather than supporting them

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to evade, feign, disguise

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dissemble
sent: if you are sincere, you rarely dissemble or hide your feelings

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discord, conflict, noise

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dissonance
sent: eastern music can sound lile dissononace to untrained ears

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inflexible, dogmatic, strict

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doctrinaire
sent: i find his ideas too doctrinaire to be practical

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rigid, unbending, stubborn

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dogmatic
sent: your dogmatic statements are necessarily true

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sorrow, grief, misery

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dolor
sent: lost in her dolor, the widow neglected her job and home

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grim, gloomy, forbidding

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dour
sent: the dour expression makes you look perpetually angry

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force, coerce, intimidate

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dragoon
sent: it was once popular to dragoon boys into military service

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idiocy, foolishness, nonsense

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drivel
sent: do not spout drivel and expect us to believe you

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deception, betrayal, treachery

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duplicity
sent: their duplicty led everyone to turn against them

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enthusiastic, merry, jovial

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ebullient
sent: she was ebullient when her boss offered her a promotion

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rank, level, division

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echelon
sent: only family members occupy the top echelon of the company

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mixed, varied, diverse

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eclectic
sent: her apprtite is eclectic; she likes thai food and barbecue

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enlightenment, learning, instruction

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edification
sent: for your edification, here are some infomative brochures

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effective, succesful, effcient

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effcacious
sent: that therapy iseffcacious in patients with muscle loss

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boldness, impufdence, impertinence

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effrontery
sent: her grandfather scolded her for her effrontery

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experiential, verifiable, observed

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empirical
sent: the empirical evidence seems to prove our theory

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to imitate, copy, replicate

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emulate
sent: childern tend to emulate to adults in their lives

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praise, tribute, accolade

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encomium
sent: we offered an encomium for his work in the community

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puzzle, mystery, riddle

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enigma
sent: the coin’s disappearance was an enigma we could not solve

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boredom, world- weariness, tedium

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ennui
sent: she suffers from ennui; nothing seems to interest her

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plea, appeal, supplication

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entreaty
sent: an entreaty to the teacher led to a new, more feasible deadline

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transcient, fleeting, short-lived

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ephermeral
sent: summer was ephemeral before long, it was chilly again

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saying, witticism, axiom

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epigram
sent: above the counter is an epigram that amuses everyone

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letter, communique, dispatch

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epistle
sent: our town owns an epistle from lincoln to a childhood friend

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ambiguous, inclear, indefinite

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equivocal
sent: test results were equivocal, so more test were scheduled

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hermit, recluse, ascetic

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eremite
sent: an eremite lives alone in the woods beind the village

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phony, fake, artificial

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ersatz
sent: ersatz coffee was all that was available during wartime

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cliff, slope, precipice

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escarp
sent: climbing the escarp requires skill and good equipment

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culture, character, philosophy

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ethos
sent: new york’s ethos in the 1980s centered on making money

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to praise, extol, honor

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eulogize
sent: several colleagues stood to eulogize their fallen friend

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ecstatic, joyous, elated

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euphoric
sent: we were euphotric when our band was chosen to play

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to dissipate, vaporize, disapper

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evanesce
sent: bubbles evanesce as she pours the champagne

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reminiscent, suggestive, extracting

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evocative
sent: that evocative poem appeals to anyone who loves nature

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to worsen, aggravate, inflame

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exacerbate
sent: don’t exacerbate your injury by excerising too soon

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to rebuke, attack, censure

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excoraite
sent: other journalist excoriate him for stealing from their work

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to clear, absolve, exonerate,

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exculpate
sent: new evidence will serve to exculpate the congressmen

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deplorable, dishusting, hateful

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exercrable
sent: this cherry-flavered toothpaste is execrable

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interpretation, analysis, construal

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exegesis
sent: did you read his exagesis of the ancient scrolls?

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to encourage, urge, insist

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exhort
sent: we tried to exhort our coach into taking us out tonight

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to acquit, pardon, vindicate

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exonerate
sent: dis the judge exonerate him of all wrongdoing >|?

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to pull up, uproot, abolish

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extirpate
sent: let is extirpate all inequity from our public schools

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to disentangle. free, rescue

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extricate
sent: the kitten fought the extricate itself from the tangle of yarn

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enthusiatic, fervent, high-sprited

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exuberant
sent: several exuberant fans waited backstage for the performers

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to manufacture, construct, concoct

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fabricate
sent: let’s fabrocate a shed to hold all of our gardening tools

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liar, imposter, fraud

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fabulist
sent: he’s a noted fabulist; his words often deceive strangers

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fippant, humourous, playful

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facetious
sent: that facetious remark does not help to fix the problem

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superficial, effortless, simplistic

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facile
sent: his response to this complex problem is too facile for me

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aide, assistant, subordinare

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factotum
sent: a young factotum carrried the boss’s overcoat and briefcase

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painstaking, finicky, fussy

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fastidious
sent: no one can compete with that tailor’s fine and fastidious work

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inane, foolish, idiotic

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fatuous
sent: i immediately regretted my fatuous response to his question

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allegiance, loyalty, faithfulness

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fealty
sent: the players fealty to their coach was inspiring to see

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fruitful, productive, fertile

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fecund
sent: the land was fecund and well-irrigated

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lucky, fortuitous, apt

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felicitous
sent: a rainbow can appear to be a felicitous sign

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zealous, passionate, ardent

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fervid
sent: she is a fervid supporter of that congressional candidate

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relating to a son of daughter

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filial
sent: he considered assisting his father to be his filial duty

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blatant, brazen, overt

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flagrant
sent: that hit was a flagrant violaton of the rules

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factious, glib, offhand

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flippant
sent: the senator’s flippant remark annoyed the reporter

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to disobey, defy, contravene

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flout
sent: it is unwise to flout the university’s regulation

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to provoke, incite, agitate

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foment
sent: did the union forment protest or just support it:

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to sink. fail, collapse

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founder
sent: the business began to founder under the weight of its debt

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disturbance, brawl, quarrel

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fracas
sent: a fracas broke out between supporters of the two teams

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peevish, irritable, ill-tempered

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fractious
sent: he is most fractious wen he first awakens from a nap

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relating to a brother

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fraternal
sent: the boys seem to lack any fraternal affection

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burdened, laden, full

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fraught
sent: her memoir was fraught with emotion and pain

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flattering, overgenerous, unctuous

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fulsome
sent: fulsome praise can sometimes seem insincere

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sly, secretive, steathy

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furtive
sent: the dog gave its owner a futive glance as it licked the plate

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error, blunder, faux pas

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gaffe
sent: the reporter’s unfortunate gaffe harmed her reputation

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courtliness, chivalry, heroism

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gallantry
sent: the knight’s gallantry impressed even his enemies

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to rouse, stimulate, incite

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galvanize
sent: injustice may galvanize even the laziest people to protest

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range, extent, scope

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gamut
sent: his class covers the gamut of east indian literature

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talkative, voluble, chatty

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garrulous
sent: she became garrulous when she was nervouse or tense

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