Group 8 Flashcards

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Accentuate

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To emphasize something or make something easier to notice

Mnemonic- accenture is mass recruiter so v noticeable

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Conjectural

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To guess about something without real proof or evidence

Mnemonic- sounds like lecture assume you guess an answer for a question during a lecture

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Convivial

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Friendly, lively and enjoyable

Mnemonic- con(together)+ vivi(bibi-wife), if you are together with wife, you are joyous

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Decadent

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Decay

Toothpaste- decadent prevents from tooth decay

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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad

Mnemonic-gre mai score extremely bad

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Evanescent

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Quickly fading or disappearing

Mnemonic- vanish

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Flamboyant

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Colorful or noticeable, tending to attract attention because of confidence

Mnemonic- flamingo

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Vapid

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Bland, offering nothing that is challenging

Mnemonic- vape- very bland

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Utilitarian

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Designed to be useful/ practical

Mnemonic- utilize, utility so useful

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Trivial

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Of little value or importance

Mnemonic- tri- third+ value, a person having third class value

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Skulduggery

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Dishonest behavior, trickery

Mnemonic- digging up skulls and selling to labs is dishonest and illegal

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Scant

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Insufficient

Mnemonic- ant, they are tiny and
Insufficient

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Sanguine

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Optimistic, a blood red color

Mnemonic- sangria wine(red) peeke optimistic ban jaana

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Sagacious

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Wise, intelligent, shrewd

Mnemonic- sage is wise and intelligent

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Pugnacious

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Eager to fight/ argue

Mnemonic- pungas, one who is eager to fight always takes punga

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Forestall

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Keep something from happening im advance

Mnemonic- fore(before)+ stall(stop)

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Gainsay

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Deny, contradict, speak against

Mnemonic-
Ghante se- we say ghante se when we deny something

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Galvanize

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Shock/ excite someone into taking action

Mnemonic- gal+van- girls in a van you will get shocked( veryyy sexist ugh)

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

Mnemonic- eno- ain’t harmful at all

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Mundane

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Boring, dull

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Nettlesome

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Causing annoyance/ difficulty

Mnemonic- meddlesome sounds like

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Obviate

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Remove, avoid, prevent

Mnemonic- sounds like deviate, you are deviating from the topic lol

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Omnipresent

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Widespread, being present everywhere at once

Mnemonic-maruti omni car used to be present everywhere

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Oust

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Remove from a position/place

Mnemonic- sounds like out

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Palpable

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Capable of being perceived,
Tangible
Able to be touched or felt

Mnemonic-pulp+able, after touching pulp we can feel is fruit is fresh or no

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Perfidy

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Untrustworthy, deceitful

Mnemonic- sounds like
Perfidy- dhokadhadi

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Profuse

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Abundant

Mnemonic- professors use abundant resources to teach