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General Knowledge 4 Flashcards

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frozen, cold, icy

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gelid
sent: the gelid drink was perfect fo such a hot day

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to gesture, signal

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gesticulate
sent: don’t just gesticulate wildl; use your words

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to encircle, surround, enclose

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gird
sent: silver belts grid the waist of those models

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smooth, persuasive, offhand

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glib
sent: his glib answer sounded good despite its lack of meaning

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slope, incline, hill

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gradient
sent: the road had a shallow gradient in front of their house

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pompous, ostentatious, flamboyant

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grandiose
sent: don’t make grandiose statements about your skills

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pretentious, pompous, overbearing

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grandiloquent
sent: the actor’s grandiloquent entrance showed her vanity

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free, unnecessary, superfluous

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gratuitous
sent: we found his advice gratuitous and inappropriate

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deception, trickery, cunning

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guile
sent: it will take all of her guile to escape this messy situation

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naive, trusting, credulous

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gullible
sent: she was gullible and believed his flattering words

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overused, trite, clinched

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hackneyed
sent: replace that hakneyed slogan with something fresher

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peaceful, tranquil, quiet

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halcyon
sent: the halcyon days of childhood linger in out minds

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unlucky, unfortunate, wretched

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hapless
sent: the hapless fellow seems to live under his own cloud

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tirade, rant, lecture

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harangue
sent: some parents harangue thier children for poor grades

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omen, forerunner, portent

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harbinger
sent: is a raven considered to be a harbinger of trouble?

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arrogance, self-importance, haughtiness

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hauteur
sent: her hauteur makes her look snobbish, not distinguished

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odious, shicking, monstrous

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heinous
sent: ot was heinous crime that people still dicuss years later

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unorthodoxy, sacrilege, deviation

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heresy
sent: his refusal to wear a suit is considered heresy at the firm

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break, pause, interval

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hiatus
sent: the class took a short hiatus before resuming the discussion

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deference, worship, respect

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homage
sent: that statue pays homage to the soldiers who fought in iraq

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hut, slum, shack

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hovel
sent: their home was little more than a hovel made of scrap wood

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pride, arroggance, audacity

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hubris
sent: excessive hubris does not endear you to others

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hypocrisy, duplicity, insincerity

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humbug
sent: her analysis reeked of humbug and double standards

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dissident, rebel, radical

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iconoclast
sent: he is an iconoclast who rejects the usual party line

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tranquil, relaxing, carefree

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idyllic
sent: they spent an idyllic weekend enjoying the quiet cabin

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reprehensible, dastardly, shameful

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ignoble
sent: she was ashamed of her ignoble feelings of envy

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disgrace, humiliation, shame

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ignominy
sent: the discredited CEO ended his career in ignominy

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illegal, illegitimate, criminal

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illicit
sent: their illicit activities are bound to land them in jail

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entanglement, embarrassment, fix

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imbroglio
sent: caught up in the imbroglio she hored a PR firm to guide her

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irrelevant, unimportant, insignificant

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immaterial
sent: whether he started the fight is immaterial to thus case

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destitute, poor, penniless

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impecunious
sent: despite a few land holdings, the family is impecunious

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ruthless, relentless, merciless

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implacable
sent: gunfire marked the implacable advance of the union army

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to beg, beset, pester

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importune
sent: the children importune their grandparents for sweets

34
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to curse, hex

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impercate
sent: the criminals imprecate the snitch for turning them in

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to accuse, challenge, attack

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impugn
sent: why did she impugn your motives at the board meeting

36
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unformed, undeloped, incomplete

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inchoate
sent: the structures of the new nation were still inchoate

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unquestionable, indisputable, irrefutable

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incontrovertible
sent: it is incontrovertible that last winter was unusually warm

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to instill, indoctrinate, instruct

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inculcate
sent: parents hope to inculcate their children with their values

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poor, impoverished, needy

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indigent
sent: indigent families are welcome at the food bank

40
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unconquerable, invincible, strong

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indomitable
sent: her indomitable optimism inspired her team members

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inexpressible, indescribable, indefinable

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ineffable
sent: the ineffable grandeur of hte canyon took our breath away

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disgrace, notoriety, disrepute

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infamy
sent: the mayor’s infamy ruined the name of his home town

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unsophisticated, naive, candid

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ingenuous
sent: her ingenuous character led her to trust the wrong people

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detrimental, injurious, unfavorable

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inimical
sent: salty foods may be inimical to one’s health

45
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wickedness, evil, injustice

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iniquity
sent: in the scarlet letter, the heroine is charged with iniquity

46
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impenetrable, enigmatic, mysterious

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inscrutable
sent: his face was incrutable, so no one knew what to expect

47
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trite, dull, colorless

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insipid
sent: beacause the songs were insipid, the crowd lost interest

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bold, resolute, valiant

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intrepid
sent: lewis and clark were interpid explorers of the west

49
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offensive, unpleasant, undesirable

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invidious
sent: that invidious comparison will just annoy both writers

50
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short-tempered, irritabelm cranky

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irascible
sent: she was irascible when attacked but kind to her defenders

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world-weary, cynical, blase

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jaded
sent: a youth with too much freedom and money soon grows jaded

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immature, unsophisticated, sophomoric

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jejune
sent: your jejune behavior proves that you are not ready

53
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to throw away, discard, dump

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jettison
sent: lets jettison all of the unused junk in the garage

54
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force, deity

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juggernaut
sent: her company was a juggernaut in the city’s economy

55
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to lament, bemoan, wail

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keen
sent: aunts and cousins keen behind the casket in the procession

56
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knowledge, understanding, comprehension

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ken
sent; adavanced calculus
is far beyond my ken

57
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villian, crininial, scoundreal

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knave
sent: that knave conned his clients out of their hard-earned cash

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to conform, fawn, grovel

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kowtow
sent: you need not kowtow to your boss’s every command

59
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tearful, weepy, sentimental

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lachrymose
sent: she grew lachrymose when we mentioned her late husband

60
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minion, assistant, servant

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lackey
sent: a lackey took our coats at the door of the mansion

61
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straggler, idler, slacker

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laggard
sent: we do not have time to wait any laggard

62
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to beat, berate, scold

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lambaste
sent: i had to lambaste him for his poorly written report

63
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leisurely. lethargic, unhurried

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languid
sent: she raised one languid arm to signal the waiter

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to praise, glorify, acclaim

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laud
sent: my speech will laud the senator for her support of state colleges

65
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frivolity, wit, flippancy

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levity
sent: a little levity can brighten a stressful day

66
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supple, lissome, graceful

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lithe
sent: nimbly, the dancer stretched her lithe limbs along the barre

67
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talkative, garrulous, wordy

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loquacious
sent: is he usually this loquacious or does he ever pause to think?

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mournful, doleful, melancholy

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lugubrious
sent: a heavy, lugubrious ,elody emerged from the pipe organ

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shocking, explicit, vivid

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lurid
sent: all of the lurid details of the crime were in the newspaper

69
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to soak, steep, pulp

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macerate
sent: let the fruit macerate in a sweet sugar syrup

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expressive, poetic, emotional

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lyrical
sent: she uses alyrical style to describe even ordinary scenes

70
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gruesome, ghoulish, horrid

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macabre
sent: the macabre mask will scare away trick-or-treaters

70
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to plot, conspire, scheme

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machinate
sent: the group will machinate to rid the town of its supervisor

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whirlpool, vortex, turbulence

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maelstrom
sent: trash whirled in the maelstrom after the flood

72
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gawky, awkward, inept

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maladroit
sent: teenager may be malafroit as they grow into their bodies

73
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scounrel, criminial, evildor

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malefactor
sent: we hope that the malefactor recieves ample punishment

74
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spite, hatred, wickedness

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malice
sent: she criticized them out of malice, not out of concern

75
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to smear, slander, disparage

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malign
sent: don’t malign the police chief for doing his job

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