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Group 5 & 6 Flashcards

1
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Aloof

A

Not friendly, distant, detached

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2
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Clangor

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A continuous loud banging or ringing sound

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3
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Debunk

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Expose the falseness or hollowness of an idea or belief

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4
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Diminutive

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Extremely or unusually small

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5
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Discernible

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Able to be discerned, perceptible, visible

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Estranged

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Not longer close to someone, alienated

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Extravagant

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Excessive, elaborate

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Fanciful

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Over imaginative, unrealistic, highly ornamental

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Frivolous

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Carefree, Not having serious purpose

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10
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Heterogeneous

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Diverse in character or content

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Imperious

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Arrogant and domineering

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Impertinent

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Not showing proper respect, Irreverent

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13
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Invasive

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Tending to spread quickly or undesirably, harmfully

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Irresolute

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Showing or feeling hesitancy, uncertain

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15
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Laudable

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Deserving praise and commendation

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16
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Lax

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Not sufficiently strict or careful, negligible

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17
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Marginalize

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Treat a person or group as insignificant or peripheral

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18
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Panache

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Flamboyantly confident in style or manner

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Plodding

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Slow moving and unexciting

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Prosaic

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Old fashioned, unromantic, commonplace

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21
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Restive

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Unable to remain silent, still or submissive, especially because of boredom

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Sporadic

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Infrequent, scattered and isolated, occasional

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Stigmatize

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Great disapproval

24
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Undermine

A

lessen the effectiveness

25
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Utterly

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Absolutely

26
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Weary

A

Tired

27
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Zealous

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Showing zeal, fervent

28
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Admonish

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Warn or reprimand someone firmly

29
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Aesthetic

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Concerned with beauty

30
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Affectation

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Pretension, facade

31
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Alleviate

A

Make suffering less severe

32
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Analogous

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Comparable in certain respects

33
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Bolster

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Support or strength

34
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Chauvinistic

A

Displaying excessive support to their own cause, group or sex

35
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Connoisseur

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Expert judge in matters of taste

36
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Dissemble

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Conceal or disguise one’s true feelings or beliefs

37
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Dogged

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Showing tenacity and grim persistance

38
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Dupe

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Trick, victim of deception

39
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Empirical

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Based on observation rather than theory

40
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Engender

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Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation or condition

41
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Entitled

A

Give someone legal right

42
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Pertinacious

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Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action

43
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Presumptuous

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Confident that something will happen or that somebody will do something not making sure in way that annoys people

44
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Probity

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Having strong moral principles, honest and decency

45
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Proliferate

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Increase rapidly in numbers, multiply

46
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Specious

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Superficially plausible but actually wrong

47
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Spurious

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Not being what it purports to be, false or fake

48
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Subjective

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Influenced by personal feelings, taste or opinions

49
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Subvert

A

Undermine the authority or power of the system

50
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Timorous

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Lack of confidence, easily frightened

51
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Tortuous

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Full of twists and turns, excessively complicated

52
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Tractable

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Easy to influence, control or deal with

53
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Transient

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Lasting for very short time

54
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Ubiquitous

A

Omnipresent

55
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Underscore

A

Emphasize

56
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Venal

A

Bribe, corrupt

57
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Venerate

A

Regard with great respect, reverence

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