Group 3 & 4 Flashcards

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Abate

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Become less intense or widespread, remove or reduce law

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2
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Abjure

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Solemnly renounce

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3
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Anomalous

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Deviating from what is standard

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4
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Antipathy

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A deep seated feeling of aversion

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5
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Arcane

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Understood by few, mysterious or secret

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6
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Arduous

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Involving or requiring strenuous effort, tiring

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7
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Artless

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Without deception, effort or pretentiousness, natural

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8
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Ascetic

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Severe self discipline, austere

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9
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Assuage

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Satisfy, make an unpleasant feeling less intense

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10
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Bucolic

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Relating to the pleasant aspect of the countryside

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11
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Burgeon

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Begin to grow or increase rapidly, flourish

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12
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Cacophonous

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Involving or producing harsh sounds

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13
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Censure

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Express severe disapproval, especially in formal statement

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14
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Chicanery

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Use of deception or subterfuge

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15
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Coalesce

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Come together to form a mass or whole

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16
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Cogent

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Clear, logical and convincing

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17
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Cotend

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1) To have to deal with problems or difficult situations
2) To say that something is true

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18
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Copious

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Abundant in supply

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19
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Cosmopolitan

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Mixture of cultures

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20
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Deference

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Polite submission and respect

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21
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Desultory

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Lacking plan, purpose or enthusiasm, occurring randomly

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22
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Diffident

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Modest or shy because of lack of self confidence

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23
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Dilatory

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Slow to act, intended to cause delay

24
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Equivocate

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Use ambiguous language

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Polarize
Divide or cause it to divide into two sharply contrasting groups
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Prodigal
Spend money recklessly
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Verbose
Using or expressing in more words than needed
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Abstain
Refrain oneself from doing
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Approbation
Praise or approval
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Cherish
Protect and care for lovingly
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Corroborate
Confirm or give support to a statement, theory or findings
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Disparate
Consisting of people or things that are completely different from each other in character or quality
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Emulate
Match or surpass a person or achievements, typically my imitation
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Enervate
Make someone feel drained of energy
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Ephemeral
Lasting for very short time
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Fervid
intensely passionate or enthusiastic
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
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Incendiary
Tending to stir up conflict
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Inimical
Tending to obstruct, unfriendly hostile
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Invigorate
Give strength or energy to
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Obselete
Out of date
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Paradigmatic
Serving as a typical example of something
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Opaque
Unclear, not transparent
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Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details, over scrupulous
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Placid
Not easily upset or excited, calm
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Polemical
Of or involving strongly critical speech or writing
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Precipitate
Cause to happen suddenly, unexpectedly and premature
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Profundity
Great depth in knowledge or insight
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Prophetic
Accurately predicting what will happen in future
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Prudent
Acting with or show thought or care for future
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Punctilious
Showing great attention to details and correct behavior
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Recondite
Little known, abstruse
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Scrupulous
1) Careful, thorough and extremely attentive to details 2) careful to do what is right or honest
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Tranquil
Free from disturbance, calm
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Vacillate
Waver between different opinions or actions, be undecisive