Group 23 & 24 Flashcards

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Intermittent

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Sporadic, not continuous or steady

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2
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Profound

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Having great knowledge

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3
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Propogate

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Reproduce, spread or promote

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4
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Allusive

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Using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention

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5
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Glib

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Fluent but insincere and shallow

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6
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Curb

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Check or restrain on something

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7
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Lull

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Make someone feel deceptively confident or secure

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Mettlesome

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Full of spirit and courage, lively

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9
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Astute

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Shrewd

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10
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Fawn

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Showing a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection

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11
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Precipitous

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Dangerously high or steep, fast and great

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12
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Repercussion

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Unintended consequence of an event or action

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13
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Regress

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Return to former or less developed state

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14
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Refute

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Disapprove, deny or contradict

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15
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Evoke

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Recall or bring, elicit

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16
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Ire

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Anger

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17
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Languid

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Having or showing a disinclination for physical effort, weak from illness or fatigue

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Mollify

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Appease the anger or anxiety, reduce the severity

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19
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Pretentious

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Ostentatious

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20
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Duress

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Coercion

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21
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Vigilant

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Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

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22
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Headstrong

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Energetically wilfull and determined

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23
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Convalescent

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Recovering from medical treatment or illness

24
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Nonplussed

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So confused and surprised that one is unsure how to act

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Fret
Visibly anxious
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Decry
Publicly denounce
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Recourse
A source of help in difficult situation
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Commence
Begin
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Exorcise
Completely remove from one's mind or memory
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Finicky
Fastidious
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Assail
Sudden and strong attack, criticize strongly
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Contravene
To break a law or a rule
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Reiterate
Repeat, typically for emphasis or clarity
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Poignant
Keen sense of sadness or regret
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Inundate
1) Overwhelm of things or people to be dealt with 2) To cover an area of land with water
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Oblivion
Unaware
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Ironclad
Protect or cover with iron
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Plaintive
Sounding sad and mournful
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Surmount
Overcome difficulty
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Denounce
Publicly declare to be wrong
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Foil
Prevent from succeeding
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Buoyant
Cheerful and optimistic, engaged in successful trade or activities, float or able to be float
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Benevolent
Kindly, friendly and helpful to others
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Interwine
Connect or linked closely, Twine or twist together
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Berate
Scold or criticize angrily
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Quiescent
A state or period of inactivity or dormancy
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Mercurial
Subject to sudden changes or unpredictable changes in mood or mind
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Despotic
Tyranny
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Perpetrate
Carry out or commit harmful, illegal or immoral activities
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Subsume
Absorb into something else
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Subside
Mitigate
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Condone
Accept
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Tangential
Relate to or along a tangent, diverging from previous course or line
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Jeopardize
Threaten, danger
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Buttress
A stone or brick structure that supports a wall or make it stronger