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Group 9 Flashcards

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Boorish

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rough and bad-mannered, coarse

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Brook

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tolerate

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Circumspect

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wary, cautious

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Comity

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an association of nations for their mutual benefit/ considerate behavior towards others

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Commensurate

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corresponding in size or degree, in proportion

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Cordial

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warm and friendly

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Deleterious

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Causing harm

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Dichotomy

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A division or contrast between two things that are or are represnted as being opposed or entirely different

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Edify

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instruct or improve(someone) morally or intellectually

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Elicit

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evoke or draw out(a reaction answer) from someone

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Erudite

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having or showing great knowledge or learning

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Fecund

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Highly fertile

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Feeble

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lacking physical strength/ lacking strength of character/failing to convince or impress

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Felicitous

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Well chosen or suited to the circumstances/pleasing

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Forbear

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Refrain from doing something

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Haphazard

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lacking any obvious principle of organization

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Hodgepodge

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a confused mixture

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Impede

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hinder

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Impetuous

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acting or done quickly and without thought or care

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Irascible

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having or showing a tendency to be easily angered

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Mercenary

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making money at the expense of ethics/ a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army

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Meticulous

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very careful and precious, showing great attention to detail

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Mordant

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(humor)having or showing a sharp or critical quality. biting

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Outstrip

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move faster and overtake/exceed

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Precarious

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not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse/uncertain

He led a precarious living through gambling

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Repudiate

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refuse to accept/deny the truth or validity

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Tact

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skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues

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Trifling

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unimportant or trivial

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Turbulent

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characterized by conflict, disorder/not stable

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