Group 8 Flashcards
1
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ACCENTUATE
A
- Give emphasis or draw attention to something
2
Q
CONJETURAL
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- Partaining to a guess or inference made with limited data
3
Q
CONVIVIAL
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- Demonstrating a jovial nature or a fondness for festivities and companionship
4
Q
DECADENT
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- Displaying excesssive indulgence, sometimes to a morally degenerate extent
5
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EGREGIOUS
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- Remarkably bad or shocking, to a conspicuous degree
6
Q
EVANESCENT
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- Vanishing or fading away quickly, like mist or a phantom
7
Q
FLAMBOYANT
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- Characterized by a showy, confident, or audacious display
8
Q
FORESTALL
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- Prevent something by taking strategic action in advance
9
Q
GAINSAY
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- Deny or refute an assertation or argument
10
Q
GALVANIZE
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- Inspire or stir up to action or heightened activity
11
Q
INDISCRIMINATE
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- Lacking selectivity or judgement, often with potentially harmful effects
12
Q
INNOCUOUS
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- Harmless, having no ill effect
13
Q
MOMENTARY
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- Lasting for a brief moment or interval
14
Q
MUNDANE
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- Commonplace or ordinary, lacking excitement
15
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NETTLESOME
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- Causing irritation or annoyance