Group 19 & 20 Flashcards

1
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Acolyte

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Assistant or follower

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2
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Coercion

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The action or practice to persuade someone to do something by using force or threat

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3
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Dissent

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Disagreement

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4
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Dubious

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Hesitant, morally suspect, not to be relied upon

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5
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Ebullient

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Cheerful and full of energy

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6
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Facetious

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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor

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7
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Fallible

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Capable of making mistakes or being wrong

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8
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Florid

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Excessively intricate or elaborate

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9
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Gawky

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Nervously awkward and ungainly

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10
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Inveigle

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Persuade someone to do something by means of flattery or deception

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11
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Jettinson

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Discard or abandon

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12
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Mendacity

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Untruthfulness

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13
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Munificient

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Characterized by great generosity

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14
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Noble

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High moral principles, superior quality

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15
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Parochial

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Narrow minded, limited outbreak or scope

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16
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Prevaricate

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Act or speak in an evasive way

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17
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Radical

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Far reaching, thorough, revolutionary

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18
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Recrudescence

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Recurrence of undesirable condition

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19
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Temporal

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Secular, worldly, Non-spiritual

20
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Transitory

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Not permanent

21
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Abreast

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Side by side and facing the same way

22
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Confound

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Causing confusion or surprise, mixed up with something else

23
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Digression

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A temporary department from the main subject in speech or writing

24
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Discrepancy

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Difference between two things that should be alike

25
Q

Duplicitous

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Deceitful

26
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Expedient

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Practical and convenient although improper and inappropriate

27
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Glum

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Looking or feeling dejected, morose, gloomy

28
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Harbinger

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A person or a thing that announces or signals the approaches of another

29
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Intrinsic

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Belonging naturally, essential

30
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Largess

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Generous in bestowing money or gifts

31
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Libertine

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A person who freely indulges in sensual pleasure without moral principles

32
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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing, especially by a public official

33
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Modish

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Following what is currently popular and fashionable

34
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Nascent

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Just coming into existence and begin to show the signs of future potential

35
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Perennial

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Everlasting

36
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Pious

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Devoutly religious

37
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Providential

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Occurring at a favorable time

38
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Schism

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Split between strongly opposed sections or parties

39
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Slander

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Defame, make false statements

40
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Stalwart

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Loyal, reliable and hardworking

41
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Supplicate

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Ask or beg for something humbly or earnestly

42
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Terse

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Said in very few words and not in very friendly way

43
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Tirade

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A long angry speech consisting of criticisms and accusations

44
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Vanquish

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Conquer

45
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Woeful

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Very bad, causing sorrow or misery