Group III Flashcards

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm (ab (away) + error + ant; ants not walking together is not normal)

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Anachronistic

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Belonging to another time

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Anomalous

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abnormal, deviating from the common

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Anomaly

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Deviation from the norm order

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Ascetic

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Practicing self denial (Gandhi)

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Banal

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Lacking originality

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Brillince

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Extreme brightness

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Commensurate

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matching; corresponding or proportionate in degree, size, or amount

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Conspicuous

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Easily visible, obvious

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Derivative

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Unoriginal, obtained from another source

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Discrete

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Distinct, individual

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Discordant

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To stray from the point; to go

Distant from the cord

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Disintrest

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Lack of bias or involvence; impartiality

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Disinterested

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Uninvolved; free from self-interest

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Dispersed

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Spread out or scattered

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Distention

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The state or act of extending or being swollen out of shape

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Eccentric

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Departing from norms or conventions

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Eclectic

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Culled from many sources

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Emulate

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To imitate with the goal of rivaling or surpassing

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Enigmatic

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Difficult to understand, mysterious

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Florid

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Fancy, also having red complexion

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Heretical

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Unorthodox, iconoclastic, dissenting from established dogma

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Iconoclastic

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Attacking cherished beliefs, heretical, heterodox

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Imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness

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Innocuous

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Harmless, causing no damage

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Marginal

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relating to or at an edge or boundary, minimal

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Maverick

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An independent individual who does not not go along with a group or party

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Ostracism

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The act of casting out or excluding an individual from a society or group; banishment

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Perennial

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Recurrent through the year or many years; happening repeatedly

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Recluse

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One who avoids social contact and lives in seclusion

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary

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Temperate

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Moderate; marked by restraint and a lack of extremes