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General Vocab Flashcards

All the hard words I came across while studying

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disparate

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really different, not really much to compare

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dubious

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hesitating, or something that is not 100% reliable

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conflate

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combine two texts to one

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austere

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many defs: stern person, envt with no luxuries/harsh living conditions, or used to describe something simple

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abate

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to become less of

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adept

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really skilled

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advent

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the creation of something

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ambiguous

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something with a double meaning

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ambivalence

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feeling stuck between two things/people, state of confliction

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analogous

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similar(ish)

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antipathy

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strongly dislike

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apex

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top point, highest level

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apprehension

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fear/waryness

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avid

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genuine interest

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benevolent

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kind

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brevity

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brief or terse time or the conciseness of writing or a phrase

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candor

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frankness and honesty

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complacent

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goes with it, doesn’t make any adjustments, satisfied

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condone

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keep allowing something to happen even if you think it’s bad

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conducive

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make it suitable for (coffee shop ambiance makes it conducive for working)

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concordant

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in agreement/consistent
less precise than compatible??

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congenial

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pleasant person

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cumbersome

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large/heavy, a lot to carry
or a slow system/process

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gawky

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awkward and weird but only applied to living things (gangly people)

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dilapidated

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in a state of disrepair

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anthologies

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collections of poems/writings

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