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Group 6 Flashcards

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ADMONISH

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  1. Scold someone seriously
  2. Give someone urgent advice
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AESTHETIC

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  1. Pertaining to beauty or the appreciation thereof
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AFFECTATION

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  1. a pretense or show meant to impress others
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ALLEVIATE

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  1. Lessen the intensity or severity of something negative
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ANALOGOUS

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  1. Comparable or similar to
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BOLSTER

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  1. Lend support or boost
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CHAUVINISTIC

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  1. Excessively patriotic or biased in favor of a group or cause
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CONNOISSEUR

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  1. A discerning expert in matters of taste
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DISSEMBLE

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  1. Hide or misrepresent one’s true feeling or beliefs
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DOGGED

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  1. Demonstrating tenacity and unwilligness to give up
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DUPE

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  1. Trick or fool someone
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EMPRIRICAL

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  1. Based on observation or experience rather tha conjeture
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ENGENDER

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  1. Produce or stimulate the development of something
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ENTITLED

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  1. Assuming oneself to be deserving of special rights or privileges
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PERTINACIOUS

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  1. Stubbornly holding onto a belief or course of action
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PRESUMPTUOUS

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  1. Overstepping boundaries, often in an overconfident way
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PROBITY

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  1. The characteristic of having strong ethical standards
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PROLIFERATE

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  1. Rapidly increase or multiply in number
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SPECIOUS

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  1. Seemingly reasonable but actually wrong
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SPURIOUS

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  1. Not genuine; bogus
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SUBJECTIVE

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  1. Pertaining to personal feelings rather than objectuve reality
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SUBVERT

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  1. Undermine or weaken, typically an authority of some art
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TIMOROUS

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  1. Displaying nervousness; lacking confidence
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TORTUOUS

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  1. Marked by numerous twists or turns
  2. Overly complicated and long
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TRACTABLE

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  1. Easily managed or controlled
  2. Easy to solve or handle
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TRANSIENT

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  1. Not lasting, enduring or permanent; transitory
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UBIQUITOUS

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  1. Being everywhere at once
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UNDERSCORE

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  1. Emphasize or show the importance of something
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VENAL

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  1. Open to corruption or bribery
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VENERATE

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  1. Regard with deep respect ar reverence

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