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Hotlist P2 Flashcards

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Indigence

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Poverty

Impoverished

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Flotsam

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Floating debris from a ship

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Emend

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To correct

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Effusive

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Unrestrained emotion
Bubbly
ebullient

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Ephemeral

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Short lived

Fleeting

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Equanimity

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Calm cool and collected

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Equivocal

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Intentionally vague or misleading

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Erudite

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Smart

Scholarly

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Esoteric

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Obscure

Known to a select few

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Eulogy

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Speech made at a funeral

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Evanescent

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Fleeting

Temporary

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Exacerbated

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Frustrated

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Exonerate

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Vindicate absolve

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Fallacious

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Misleading

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Extricate

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liberate someone

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Indict

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Charge with a crime

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Enigma

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Mystery

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Foster

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Nurture

Care for

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Garrulous

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Talkative

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Fastidious

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Picky

Difficult to please

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Ineffable

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Abstract

Cannot be defined

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Hamper

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Hinder
Slow
Obstruct

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Elegy

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Melancholy/sad poem or song

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Hackneyed

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Commonplace
Cliched
Mundane

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Histrionic

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Relating to actors

Drama

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Piety

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Having strong faith

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Iconoclast

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Maverick
Innovator
One who attacks tradition

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Ignominy

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Humiliation

Disgrace

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Impetuous

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Hasty
arbitrary
Hotheaded

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Improvident

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Impractical
Neglectful
Not careful

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Prattle

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To babble

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Egalitarianism

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Belief in equality for everyone

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Halcyon

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Heaven

Glory days

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Hedonistic

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Pleasure seeking

Indulgence in pleasure

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Levity

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Lightheartedness

Not serious

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Mitigate

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Mollify
Pacify
Make milder

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Facetious

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Sarcastic

Sardonic

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Nefarious

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Evil

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Idiosyncrasy

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Unique habit

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Incorrigible

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Cannot be corrected

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Invigorate

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Stimulate
Refresh
Energize

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Jetsam

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Debris from a ship that was thrown overboard

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Parsimony

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Frugality

Cheapness

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Laconic

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Terse

Concise

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Gregarious

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Outgoing

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Polemical

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Skilled or adept in debate and argument

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Profligacy

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Extravagancy

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Milieu

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Surroundings

Setting

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Inane

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Absurd

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Mellifluous

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Pleasant to the ear

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Lassitude

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Weariness

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Insipid

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Tasteless

Bland

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Laud

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Praise

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Listless

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Unenergetic

Boring

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Nascent

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Beginning

Birth of something

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Intrinsic

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Part of something’s nature

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Lugubrious

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Gloomy
Mournful
Sorrowful

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Machination

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Calculated pattern of thinking

Like a machine

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Misanthrope

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One who hates people

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Jingoism

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Fanatical patriotism

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Opulence

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Excessive wealth

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Pensive

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Thoughtful

Hesitant

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Meandor

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Winding

Turning

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Laggard

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Sluggish

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Ossify

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Harden or strengthen
Rigid
Inflexible

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Inundate

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Submerge

Flood

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Palpable

A

Tangible
Possible
Reachable

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Pithy

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Substantial

Dense

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Perfidy

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Treachery

A breech of faith

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Pernicious

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Dangerous

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Ponderous

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Heavy

Cumbersome

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Pragmatic

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Practical

Not idealistic

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Precocious

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Advanced
Mature
Prodigy

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Immutable

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Unchangeable

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Lampoon

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To mock

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Preeminence

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High status

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Pariah

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