Group 17 & 18 Flashcards

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Acclaim

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Praise enthusiastically and publicly

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Ascertain

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find out for certain, make sure of

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Assertive

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Having or showing a confident and forceful personality

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Bogus

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Not genuine or true

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5
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Cataclysmic

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Large scale and violent

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Circumscribe

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Restrict within limits

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Contentious

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Controversial, quarrelsome

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Disingenuous

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Not candid or sincere

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Divulge

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Make known, disclose, reveal

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Dogmatic

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Strongly expressing your beliefs as facts

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Fallacious

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Based on a mistaken belief

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Foolhardy

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Recklessly harsh and bold

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Hinder

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Obstruct

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Impair

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Weaken or damage

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Imugn

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Call into question

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Incessant

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Continuing without pause and interruption

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Inveterate

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Long established and unlikely to change

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18
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Miserly

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of or characteristic of miser

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Petulant

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Bad tempered, childishly sulky

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Pithy

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Containing much pith, terse and vigorously expressive

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Sanctimonious

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Making a show of morally superior to other people, self-righteous

22
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Tarnish

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Make or become less valuable or respected

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Tepid

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Lukewarm, showing little enthusiasm

24
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Upbraid

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Vexation
The state of being annoyed, frustrated or worried
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Abet
Encourage or assist someone to do something wrong
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Acquisitive
Excessively interested in acquiring money or materials
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Amalgamate
Unite or combine to form a organization or structure
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Attenuate
To reduce the force, effect or value of
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Augment
Make something greater by adding to it
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Aversion
A strong dislike or disinclination
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Blithe
Having casual and cheerful indifference which is considered to be improper or callous
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Contempt
The feeling that a person or thing is beneath consideration or worthless
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Dawdle
Waste time, be slow
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Dissident
In opposition of an official policy
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Efficacious
Successful in producing the desired result, effective
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Equitable
Fair and impartial
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Erratic
Not even or regular in pattern or movement, unpredictable
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Industrious
Diligent and hardworking
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Irksome
Irritating, annoying
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Manacle
Shackles
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Modest
Having a limited and not very high opinion of oneself or one's abilities
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Noxious
Harmful, poisonous or very unpleasant
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Pernicious
Having a harmful effect in a gradual way
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Predicament
Difficult, unpleasant or embarassing situation
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Proficient
Competent or skilled in using or doing something
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Prolix
Using or containing too many words, tediously lengthy
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Scorn
Contempt
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Subordinate
Of less or secondary importance
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Unseemly
not appropriate or proper
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Veritable
Used for emphasis, often to quality a metaphor