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Group 3 Flashcards

1
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Tirade

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A long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denunciation

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2
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Infelicitous

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Unfortunate; inappropriate

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2
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Pedantic

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The parading of learning; excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules

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2
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Tenuous

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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak

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3
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Inchoate

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In an initial stage; not fully formed

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grandiloquence

A

pompous speech or expression (adjective: grandiloquent)

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Impassive

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Revealing no emotion

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Reverent

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Marked by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (noun: reverence)

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bombastic

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pompous; grandiloquent (noun: bombast)

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Meticulous

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Characterized by extreme care and precision; attentive to detail

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8
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Evanescent

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Tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing

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Salubrious

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Promoting health or well-being

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Tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (adjective: tenacious)

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10
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Solvent

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Able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance

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Loquacious

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Extremely talkative (noun: loquacity)

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Rhetoric

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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion

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13
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diatribe

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a harsh denunciation

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14
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Occlude

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To obstruct or block

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14
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Pirate

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To illegally use or reproduce

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15
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Hegemony

A

The consistent dominance of one state or ideology over others

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15
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Impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty

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Specious

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false

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Platitude

A

A superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful

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18
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Surfeit

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An over abundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess

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19
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Subpoena

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A court order requiring appearance and/or testimony

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20
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Pithy

A

Precise and brief

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21
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Placate

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To appease; to calm by making concessions

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22
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amalgamate

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to combine several elements into a whole (noun: amalgamation)

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23
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Malleable

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Capable of being shaped or formed; tractable; pliable

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23
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Obdurate

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Unyielding; hardhearted; intractable

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24
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Rescind

A

To invalidate; to repeal; to retract

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26
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Insipid

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Without taste or flavor; lacking in spirit; bland

27
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Spurious

A

Lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit

28
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adulterate

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to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients

29
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Prodigal

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Recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish

30
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Hackneyed

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Rendered trite or commonplace by frequent usage

30
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Opprobrium

A

Disgrace; contempt; scorn

32
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dissemble

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to disguise or conceal; to mislead

33
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Repudiate

A

To refuse to have anything to do with; disown

34
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Proliferate

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To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

36
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Luminous

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Characterized by brightness and the omission of light

37
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Mendacity

A

The condition of being untruthful; dishonesty (adjective: mendacious)

38
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Malevolent

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Having or showing often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred (noun: malevolence)

40
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Zealous

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Fervent; ardent; impression; devoted to a cause (a zealot is a zealous person)

42
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Obsequious

A

Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness

43
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Recalcitrant

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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage

44
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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (noun: idolatry)

45
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Fortuitous

A

Happening by accident or chance

46
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halcyon

A

Calm and peaceful

47
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Hedonism

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Devotion to pleasurable pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses (a hedonist is someone who pursues pleasure)

48
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Pine

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To yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor

49
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Eccentric

A

departing from norms or conventions

50
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Misanthrope

A

One who hates all other humans (adjective: misanthropic)

51
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Profuse

A

Given or coming forth abundantly; extravagant

52
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acumen

A

keen, accurate judgment or insight

53
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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

54
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Iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions

55
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Endemic

A

Characteristic of or often found in a particular locality, region, or people

55
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Penury

A

Poverty; destitution

56
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Pervasive

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Having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

57
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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (noun: fervor)

58
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Rancorous

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Characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment (noun: rancor)

60
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Queries

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Questions; inquiries; doubts in the mind; reservations

61
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Succinct

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Brief; concise

63
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Mitigate

A

To make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

65
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Plummet

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To plunge or drop straight down

66
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germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter

67
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bolster

A

to provide support or reinforcement

68
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Transient

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Fleeting; passing quickly; brief

70
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Polemical

A

Controversial; argumentative

71
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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

72
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Querulous

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish

73
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Exacerbate

A

To make worse or more severe

74
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Pith

A

The essential or central part

75
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archaic

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outdated: associated with an earlier, perhaps more primitive, time

76
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aver

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to state as a fact; to declare or assert

77
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Pedagogy

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The profession or principles of teaching, or instructing

78
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Implacable

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed

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