Group 6 Flashcards
1
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ADMONISH
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- Scold someone seriously
- Give someone urgent advice
2
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AESTHETIC
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- Pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof
3
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AFFECTATION
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- a pretense or show meant to impress others
4
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ALLEVIATE
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- Lessen the intensity or severity of something negative
5
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ANALOGOUS
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- Comparable or similar to
6
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BOLSTER
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- Lend support or boost
7
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CHAUVINISTIC
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- Excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause
8
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CONNOISSEUR
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- A discerning expert in matters of taste
9
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DISSEMBLE
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- Hide or misrepresent one’s true feeling or beliefs
10
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DOGGED
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- Demonstrating tenacity and unwilligness to give up
11
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DUPE
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- Trick or fool someone
12
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EMPRIRICAL
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- Based on observation or experience rather tha conjeture
13
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ENGENDER
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- Produce or stimulate the development of something
14
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ENTITLED
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- Assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or privileges
15
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PERTINACIOUS
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- Stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action
16
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PRESUMPTUOUS
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- Overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way
17
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PROBITY
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- The characteristic of having strong ethical standards
18
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PROLIFERATE
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- Rapidly increase or multiply in number
19
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SPECIOUS
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- Seemingly reasonable but actually wrong
20
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SPURIOUS
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- Not genuine; bogus
21
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SUBJECTIVE
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- Pertaining to personal feelings rather than objectuve reality
22
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SUBVERT
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- Undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some art
23
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TIMOROUS
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- Displaying nervousness; lacking confidence
24
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TORTUOUS
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- Marked by numerous twists or turns
- Overly complicated and long
25
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TRACTABLE
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- Easily managed or controlled
- Easy to solve or handle
26
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TRANSIENT
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- Not lasting, enduring or permanent; transitory
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UBIQUITOUS
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- Being everywhere at once
28
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UNDERSCORE
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- Emphasize or show the importance of something
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VENAL
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- Open to corruption or bribery
30
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VENERATE
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- Regard with deep respect ar reverence
