Group 3.2 Flashcards

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Esoteric

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intended for or understood by a small , specific group

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Flamboyant

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ostentatious or showy; flashy

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Florid

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flowery; ruddy; ornate

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Heretical

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unorthodox; iconoclastic; dissenting from established dogma

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Hierarchy

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a system in which individuals or things are ranked in a particular order

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Homogeneous

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made up of elements that are similar in nature or kind; uniform

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Iconoclastic

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attacking cherished beliefs; heratical; heterodox

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Idiosyncrasy

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a quirk particular to a group or individual

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Imperturbable

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marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Innocuous

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harmless; causing no damage

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Marginal

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relating to or at an edge or boundary; minimal

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Maverick

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an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

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Mitigate

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to make or become less severe or intense; to moderate

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Monotonous

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dull and without variety; tedious

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Mundane

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of the world; typical of or concerned with the ordinary

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Ostracism

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the act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment

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Perennial

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recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Recluse

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one who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion

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Scarce

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rare and insufficient

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Sporadic

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occurring only occasionally, or in scattered instances

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Superfluous

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exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Symmetry

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the quality of being evenly balanced; the possession of perfect correspondence between sides or parts

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Tangential

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touching only briefly upon the topic at hand; irrelevant

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Temper

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to moderate or soothe

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Temperate

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moderate; marked by restraint and a lack of extremes