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Group 9 & 10 Flashcards

1
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Boorish

A

Rough and bad mannered

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2
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Brook

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Tolerate

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3
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Circumspect

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Wary, Cautious

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4
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Commensurate

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Corresponding to size or degree

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5
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Comity

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Association of nations for their mutual benefit

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6
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Cordial

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Warm and friendly

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7
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Deleterious

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Causing harm

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8
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Dichotomy

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A division between two things that are being opposed and entirely different

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9
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Edify

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Instruct or improve someone morally and intelectually

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10
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Elicit

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Evoke or draw out from someone

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11
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Erudite

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Having or showing great learning or knowledge

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12
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Fecund

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Highly fertile

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13
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Feeble

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Lacking physical strength, lacking strength of character, failing to impress or convince

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14
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Felicitous

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Well chosen or suitable to a suitation

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15
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Forbear

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Refrain from doing something

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16
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Haphazard

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Lacking the obvious principle of an organization

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17
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Hodgepodge

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Confused mixture

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18
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Impede

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Hinder

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19
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Impetuous

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Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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20
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Irascible

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Showing or having a tendency to be easily angered

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21
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Mercenary

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Professional soldier from a foreign country, earning money at expense of ethics

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22
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Mordant

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Having or showing a sharp or critical quality

23
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Outstrip

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Exceed

24
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Precarious

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Not firmly held or in position, dangerously likely to fall or collapse, uncertain

25
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Repudiate

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Refuse to accept, deny the truth and validity

26
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Tact

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Skill and sensitivity in dealing with people and difficult issues

27
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Trifling

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Not important or trivial

28
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Acumen

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The ability to make good judgments and take quick decisions

29
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Antithesis

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Contrast or opposition between two things

30
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Ascribe

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Regard text, quotation or work

31
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Befuddled

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Unable to think clearly

32
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Eschew

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Deliberately avoid using, abstain from

33
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Esoteric

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Likely to be understood by only a small number of people

34
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Evasive

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Tending to avoid something, not direct

35
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Exculpate

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Show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing

36
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Expedite

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Make happen sooner or be accomplished more quickly

37
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Fastidious

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Very attentive and concerned with accuracy and detail

38
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Feign

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Pretend to be affected by feeling, state or injury

39
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Furtive

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Secretive, suggestive of nervous guiltiness

40
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Hamper

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Hinder

41
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Lament

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A passionate expression of grief or sorrow

42
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Nonchalant

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Calm and relaxed, not displaying anxiety

43
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Pensive

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Engaged in serious thought

44
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Portend

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to be a sign or warning that something calamitous is likely to happen

45
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Indispensable

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Absolute necessary

46
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Rudimentary

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Limited to basic principles, relating to immature form

47
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Salutary

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Producing good efforts, beneficial

48
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Somnolent

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Sleepy, drownsy

49
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Stoic

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A person who can endure pain without complaining

50
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Supersede

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Take the place of another, supplant

51
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Tout

A

Attempt to persuade people of merits of

52
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Wane

A

Become weaker or less important gradually

53
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Sever

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Dividing by cutting or slicing, forcibly or suddenly

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