Group 15 Flashcards

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Alienate

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Make someone feel isolated or estranged

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Apathy

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lack of interest or enthusisam or concern

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Apropos

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With reference to; concerning to

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Cloak

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Something serving to hide or disguise something

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Consensus

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A general agreement

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Divergent

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tending to be different or develop in different directions

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Elated

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Make someone ecstatically happy

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Entrenched

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(of an attitude, habit or belief)firmly established and diffcult or unlikely to change;ingrained

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Exotic

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Organizing in or characteristic of a distant foreign country/attractive/specially produced

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Exploitative

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Treating others unfairly as to gain advantage

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Forsake

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Abandon, renounce

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Gratify

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give someone pleasure or satisfaction

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Judicious

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having, showing or done with good judgement

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Lucid

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expressed clearly; easy to understand

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Pertinent

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Relevant to a particular matter, apposite

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Propriety

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Conformity to conventionally accepted standards of behavior/the condition of being right

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Scintillation

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Shining brightly/brilliantly clever

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Sensational

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Causing great public interest and excitement

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Sophisticated

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Having, revealing or involving a great deal of worldly experience and knowledge of fashion or culture

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Strife

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Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues

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Understated

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Presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way

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Unscrupulous

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Having or showing no moral principles;not honest or fair

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Veracity

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Conformity or facts;accuracy/habitual truthfulness

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Virulent

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(of a disease or poison)extremely severe or harmful in it’s effects/bitterly hostile

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Violate

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(of a substance)easily evaporated at normal temperatures/liable to change rapidly and unpredictable, especially for the worse