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Group 12 Flashcards

1
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Acrimonious

A

Angry and bitter

Mnemonic- akroo insaan is acrimonious

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Belligerent/ Bellicose

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Aggressive, Hostile, Eagerness to fight

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Beneficent

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Generous and doing good

Mnemonic- benefical, good

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Canny

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Shrewd, wise, good judgement in money or business

Mnemonic- sounds like granny, granny is shrewd

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Cavalier

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A dashing or courtly gentleman as a lady’s escort
Showing lack of concern

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Dwindling

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Dheere dheere diminishing in size, strength, amount

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Exasperated

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Very irritated and frustrated

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Fungible

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Mutually interchangeable

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Hackneyed

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Overused, repeated too often
Trite, unoriginal

Mnemonic- hacker is hacker, he overuses his techniques

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Incongruous

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Lacking in harmony or compatibility

Mnemonic- opposite of congruency- congruent matlab in harmony

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Laconic

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Using very few words, brief, to the point

Mnemonic- lack(lack of words)

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Exacerbate

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Make problems worse

Mnemonic- ex+acerb+ate
Acerb means bitter harsh, therefore to make something bitter or worse

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Eclipse

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Deprive something of significance and power

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Vitiate

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Spoil or impair quality or efficiency of something

Mnemonic- sounds like mitigate, mitigate same meaning

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Verisimilitude

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Appearance of being true or real

Mnemonic - very similar attitude

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Urbane

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Courteous and refined

Mnemonic people living in urban areas are polished, refined

17
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Transgression

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An act that goes against law

Mnemonic- aggression in train, against the law

18
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Lucrative

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Providing a great deal or a great profit

Mnemonic- looks creative- if it looks creative toh it will give profit

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Magisterial

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Dictatorial, domineering

Magistrate

20
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Onerous

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Involving great deal of effort, trouble, burdensome

Mnemonic- oneiros required lot of efforts

21
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Tenable

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Defensible, justifiable, reasonable

Mnemonic if ten people believe in a theory then it must be reasonable

22
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Tempestuous

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Characterized by strong or conflicting emotion, angry, furious

Mnemonic- temper will be violent if someone keeps pestering you

23
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Opprobrium

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Harsh criticism

Mnemonic- if you take opium (drug) you will be criticized majorly

24
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Parsimonious

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Unwilling to spend money

Mnemonic- parsi people ain’t willing to spend money

25
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Peripheral

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Minor importance, marginal

26
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Provocative

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Causing a strong reaction, excite, provoke

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