Group 10 Flashcards
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ACUMEN
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- Quickness and keenness in understanding and judgment
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ANTITHESIS
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- The direct opposite or contrast
3
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ASCRIBE
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- Attribute or credit something to a particular cause or source
4
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BEFUNDDLED
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- Confused, bewildered, or perplexed
5
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ESCHEW
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- Intentionally avoid or abstain from
6
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ESOTERIC
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- Understood by few or a small group of people
7
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EVASIVE
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- Indirect or not straightforward; avoiding confrontation
8
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EXCULPATE
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- Clear from blame or guilt
9
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EXPEDITE
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- Accelerate or speed up a process or action
10
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FASTIDIOUS
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- Showing great care and attention to detail; hard to please
11
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FEIGN
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- Pretend or simulate
12
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FURTIVE
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- Sneaky or secretive, especially due to guilt
13
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HAMPER
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- Obstruct or hinder progress
14
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INDISPENSABLE
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- Completely necessary; essential
15
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LAMENT
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- Express deep sorrow or regret
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MYOPIC
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- Short-sighted; lacking creativity
17
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NONCHALANT
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- Appearing casually calm or indifferent
18
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PARTIAL
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- Prejudiced or biased toward one side
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PENSIVE
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- Deep in thought
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PORTEND
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- Indicate or warn that something, often unpleasant, is going to happen
21
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POVINCIAL
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- Narrow in perspective; not sophisticated
22
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RUDIMENTARY
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- Basic or elementary; in the earliest stages of development
23
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SALUTARY
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- Beneficial, especially in promoting health or well-being
24
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SEVER
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- Cut off or put an end to
25
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SLIGHT
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- Treat with disrespect or neglect; insult
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SOMNOLENT
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- Sleepy or drowsy
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STOIC
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- Unaffected by pain or distress; showing no emotion
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SUPERSEDE
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- Replace or take the place of
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TOUT
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- Promote or praise energetically
30
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WANE
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- Decrease in power, size, or intensity
