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General Knowledge 8 Flashcards

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smooth, debinair, unbane

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suave
sent: in the movies he is suave, but in real life hes’s a bit of a slob

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to overpower, conquer, defeat

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subjugate
sent: tyrants tend to subjugate and oppress their citizens

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impressive, magjestic, supreme

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sublime
sent: the waterfall was a sublime example of nature at its best

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elusive, abstruse, indefinable

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subtle
sent: there is subtle
diffeerence between the two plans

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juicy, luscious, delectable

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succulent
sent: pears are most succulent when picked ripe from the tree

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disdainful, patronizing, haughty

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supercillious
sent: with a supercilious smile, she banished them from the room

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to replace, supplant, succeed

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supersede
sent: members of the board many superede the ceo for now

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to infer, deduce, conclude

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surmise
sent: one might surmise from your actions that are furious

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sneaky, stealthy, clandestine

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surreptitious
sent: with a surreptitious movement, he passed her the note

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flatterer, toady, yes-man

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sycophant
sent: a sycophant rarely gains the repect of his or her supervisor

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sensuous, luxurious, pleasurable

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sybaritic
sent: they enjoyed the sybaritic features of the spa

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meeting, conference, convention

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symposium
sent: at the symposium we learned more about international law

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simultaneous, contemporary, concurrent

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synchronous
sent: earthquakes were synchronous in all three counties

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to integrate, amalgamate, manufacture

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synthesize
sent: the new cd will synthesize country and alt rock

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unspoken, implied, inferred

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tacit
sent: they had a tacit agreement about household chores

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reserved, reticent, silent

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taciturn
sent: he remained taciturn when accused of wrongdoing

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palpable, corporeal, substantial

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tangible
sent: we found no tangible evidence of marine life in the bay

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crude, gaudy, cheap

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tawdry
sent: her tawdry makeup gave her a clown-like appearance

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recklessness, gall, audacity

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temerity
sent: she had the termerity to accuse me of misconduct

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self-resistant, moderation, abstinence

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temperance
sent: he lived to be 96 by practicing temperance in all the things

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plausible, defensible, justifiable

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tenable
sent: if the plan is not tenable, go back to the drawing board

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persistence, obstinacy, doggedness

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tenacity
sent: i admire your tenacity in sticking to an exercise plan

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partisan, biased, opinionated

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tendentious
sent: the flyer gave a tendentious account of city politics

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shady, gloomy, murky

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tenebrous
sent: we could not see far into the tenebrous alley

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belief, precept, doctrine

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tenet
sent: he lives by the tenet most call “the golden rule”

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unconvincing, fragile, weak

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tenuous
sent: his oddball theories have a tenuous link to reality

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dramatic, theatrical, staged

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thespian
sent: she tries out for every thespian activity on campus

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timid, fearful, anxious

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timorous
sent: his timorous voice was nearly impossible to hear

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sweltering, hot, sizzling

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torrid
sent: in the torrid zones, ships might founder for lack of wind power

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winding, circuitous, meandering

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tortuous
sent: the trail up the cliff was tortuous and unmarked

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obedient, dutiful, governable

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tractable
sent: only the most tractable animals make good service dogs

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short-loved, impermanent, fleeting

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transitory
sent: butterflies make a transitory appearance her in july

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forceful, effective, incisive

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trenchant
sent: he made a trechant argument in support of the proposal

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apprehension, foreboding, dread

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trepidation
sent: i approached the first day of any new job witu trepidation

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stale, hackneyed, pedestrain

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trite
sent: do not se trite phrases to present an imaginative idea

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quarrelsome, arugementative, defiant

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truculent
sent: the man grew traculent as they pulled him from the police car

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clamor, commotion, hubbub

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tumult
sent: in the tumult, we called out for our missing friends

36
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cliche, platitude, maxin

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trusism
sent: it is a truism that good always triumphs over evil

37
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omnipresent, everywhere

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ubiquitous
sent: cell phones are now ubiquitous among middle schoolers

38
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to lament, wail, howl

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ululate
sent: as the mourners passed, we heard people ululate

39
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offense, resentment, indignation

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umbrage
sent: do not take umbrage at his clumsy remarks

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oily, ingratiating, obsequious

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unctuous
sent: the unctuous bulter seemed to slither around his employer

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to ripple, surge, heave

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undulate
sent: waves undulate gently all along the seashore

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to scold, berate, chastise

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upbraid
sent: i hade to upbraid the children for staying up past their bedtimes

43
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suave, refined, elegant

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urbane
sent: living in paris for two years gave him an urbane manner

44
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to appropriate, commandeer, seize

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usurp
sent: the prince plans to usurp power from his uncle

45
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relating to a wife

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uxorial
sent: uxorial duties changed as more women entered the workplace

46
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to flutuate, hesistate, waver

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vacillate
sent: i continueto vacillate between law school and teaching

47
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empty, inane, vacant

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vacuous
sent: not a single emotion flickered across the vacuous face

48
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to sanction, confirm, corrobrate

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validate
sent: the results seem to validate our original theory

49
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bland, lifeless, insipid

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vapid
sent: the movie was cheerful and bubbly but had a vapid plot

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to boast, brag, crow

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vaunt
sent: the students vaunt about their lab’s breakthrough discovery

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forceful, fervid, passionate

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vehement
sent: he was vehement in his denial of wrongdoing

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mercenary, corruptible

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venal
sent: the venal pair took part in three banks robberies

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esteemed, respected, honored

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venerable
sent: everyone admired the venerable old bishop

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wordy, garrulous, loquacious

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verbose
sent: it is better to be concise and clear than to be verbose

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green, grassy, fertile

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verdant
sent: verdant fields lay under the bluest of skies

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truth, reality, authenticity

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verisimilitude
sent: randomly placed objects add verisimilitude to his portraits

57
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dialect, idiom, argot

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vernacular
sent: her command of the native vernacular is impressive

58
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secondhand, delegated

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vicarious
sent: she gets vicarious joy from her child’s accomplishments

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variation, mutation, complication

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vicissitude
sent: my company’s closing is just one more vissitude of life

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to malign, disparage, defame

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vilify
sent: her column seems to vilify the members of the board

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genius, talent, skill

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virtuosity
sent: the violinist showed great virtuosity at a young age

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wrath, ire, spleen

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vitriol
sent: parents showered vitriol on the coach of the opposite team

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voluble, noisy, raucous

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vociferous
sent: silence the vociferous students before starting your speech

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ravenous, greedy, insatiable

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voracious
sent: wolves may be voracious after a long, cold winter

65
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to grant, deign, bestow

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vouchsafe
sent: the queen will vouchsafe the ambassadors safe return

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immodest, unchaste, lewd

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wanton
sent: the actors were dressed as wanton women of the streets

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spendthrift, squanderer, profligate

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wastrel
sent: she has the habits of a wastrel and fritters away money

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to cajole, inveigle, coax

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wheedle
sent: could you wheedle the kitten to come out from under the sofa?

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to sharpen, hone, stimulate

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whet
sent: use this tool to whet the craving knife

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sly, cunning, devious

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wily
sent: an owl is considered wise, and a fox is believed to be wilt

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to sift, separate, extract

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winnow
sent: toss the grain in the air to winnow away the chaff

72
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shriveled, wrinkled, withered

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wizened
sent: the fallen apple were wizened and dried

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to quarrel, bicker, argue

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wrangle
sent: my brothers often wrangle over who has the better job

74
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dry, sere, desert

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xeric
sent: the mojave desert is one example of a xeric environment

75
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to swerve, veer, weave

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yaw
sent: the sailboat may yaw to avoid other boats in the harbor

76
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summit, apex, pinnacle

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zenith
sent: when the sun is at its zenith, stay inside or risl sunburn

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