Group 3 Flashcards

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acumen

A

the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.
“business acumen”

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2
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adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

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amalgamate

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combine or unite to form one organization or structure.
“he amalgamated his company with another”

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4
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archaic

A

outdated; primitive

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5
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aver

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to state as a fact; to declare

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6
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bombastic

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pompous

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diatribe

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a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

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dissemble

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conceal one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs.
“an honest, sincere person with no need to dissemble”

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eccentric

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strange behavior
departing from norms or conventions

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evanescent

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soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
“a shimmering evanescent bubble”

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fervent

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greatly emotional or zealous

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fortuitous

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happening by accident or chance rather than design.
“the similarity between the paintings may not be simply fortuitous”

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germane

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relevant to a subject under consideration.
“that is not germane to our theme”

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14
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grandiloquence

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pompous speech or expression

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hackneyed

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(of a phrase or idea) lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite.
“hackneyed old sayings”

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halcyon

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denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.
“the halcyon days of the mid-1980s, when profits were soaring”

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hedonism

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the pursuit of pleasure; sensual self-indulgence.

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18
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iconoclast

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a person who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions.

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idolatrous

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treating someone or something as an idol.
“America’s idolatrous worship of the auto”

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impassive

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not feeling or showing emotion.
“impassive passersby ignore the performers”

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imperturbable

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unable to be upset or excited; calm.
“an imperturbable tranquility”

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22
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impunity

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exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.
“the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings”

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23
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infelicitous

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unfortunate; inappropriate.
“his illustration is singularly infelicitous”

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insipid

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lacking vigor or interest.
“many artists continued to churn out insipid, shallow works”

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loquacious

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tending to talk a great deal; talkative.
“never loquacious, Sarah was now totally lost for words”

26
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malevolent

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having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
“the glint of dark, malevolent eyes”

27
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mendacity

A

untruthfulness; lying.
“people publicly castigated for past mendacity”

28
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meticulous

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characterized by care

29
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misanthrope

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a person who dislikes humankind and avoids human society.
“Scrooge wasn’t the mean-spirited misanthrope most of us believe him to be”

30
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obdurate

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stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or course of action.
“I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate”

31
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obsequious

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obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
“they were served by obsequious waiters”

32
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occlude

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hide or obscure from prominence or view.
“voices are completely occluded from participating in the debate”

33
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opprobrium

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harsh criticism or censure.
“his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated”

34
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pedagogy

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the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or theoretical concept.
“the relationship between applied linguistics and language pedagogy”

35
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pedantic

A

an insulting term used to describe someone who is annoying by:
Correcting small errors
Caring too much about minor details
Emphasizing their own expertise, especially in a narrow or boring subject matter

36
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penury

A

extreme poverty; destitution.
“he died in a state of virtual penury”

37
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pervasive

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(especially of an unwelcome influence or physical effect) spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people.
“ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our society”

38
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pine

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to yearn intensely; to languish

39
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pirate

A

to illegally use/reproduce

40
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pith

A

central/essential part

41
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placate

A

make (someone) less angry or hostile.
“they attempted to placate the students with promises”

42
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platitude

A

a remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful.
“he masks his disdain for her with platitudes about how she should believe in herself more”

43
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plummet

A

fall or drop straight down at high speed.
“a climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully”

44
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polemical

A

expressing or constituting a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something.
“a polemical essay”

45
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prodigal

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spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.
“prodigal habits die hard”

46
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profuse

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(especially of something offered or discharged) exuberantly plentiful; abundant.
“I offered my profuse apologies”

47
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proliferate

A

increase rapidly in numbers; multiply.
“the science fiction magazines that proliferated in the 1920s”

48
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querulous

A

complaining in a petulant or whining manner.
“she became querulous and demanding”

49
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rancorous

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characterized by bitterness or resentment.
“sixteen miserable months of rancorous disputes”

50
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recalcitrant

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having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
“a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year-olds”

51
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repudiate

A

refuse to accept or be associated with.
“she has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders”

52
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reverent

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feeling or showing deep and solemn respect.
“a reverent silence”

53
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salubrious

A

health-giving; healthy.
“salubrious weather”

54
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solvent

A

able to meet financial obligations
having assets in excess of liabilities; able to pay one’s debts.

“interest rate rises have very severe effects on normally solvent companies”

55
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specious

A

superficially plausible, but actually wrong.
“a specious argument”

56
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superfluous

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unnecessary, especially through being more than enough.
“the purchaser should avoid asking for superfluous information”

57
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surfeit

A

cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess.
“I am surfeited with shopping”

58
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tenacity

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the quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip.
“the sheer tenacity of the limpet”

59
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tenuous

A

flimsy, weak

60
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tirade

A

a long, angry speech of criticism or accusation.
“a tirade of abuse”

61
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transient

A

passing quickly; brief

62
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zealous

A

showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause or objective.
“he was a zealous supporter of constitutional and parliamentary reform”