k4 Flashcards
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Politic
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shrewd and practical in managing or dealing with things; diplomatic
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Polyglot
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a speaker of many languages
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Posit
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to assume as real or conceded; propose as an explanation
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Potentate
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a monarch or ruler with great power
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Pragmatic
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practical_ as opposed to idealistic
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Prattle
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meaningless_ foolish talk
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Precipitate
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to throw violently or bring about abruplty; lacking deliberation
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Precis
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short summary of facts
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Prescient
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having foresight
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Prevaricate
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to lie or deviate from the truth
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Pristine
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fresh and clean; uncorrupted
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Probity
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complete honesty and integrity
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Proclivity
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a natural inclination or predisposition
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Prodigal
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lavish; wasteful
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Profligate
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corrupt; degenerate
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Proliferate
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to increase in number quickly
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Propitiate
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to conciliate; to appease
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Propriety
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the quality of behaving in a proper manner; obeying rules and customs
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Prudence
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wisdom_ caution_ or restraint
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Puerile
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childish_ immature_ or silly
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Pugilism
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boxing
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Pulchritude
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beauty
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Pungent
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sharp and irritating to the senses
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Pusillanimous
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cowardly; without courage
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Querulous
inclined to complain; irritable
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Quiescent
motionless
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Quixotic
overly idealistic; impractical
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Quotidian
occurring daily; commonplace
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Raconteur
witty_ skillful storyteller
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Rarefy
to make thinner or sparser
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Redress
relief from wrong or injury
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Rejoinder
response
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Repast
meal or mealtime
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Replete
abundantly supplied_ complete
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Repose
rexlation; leisure
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Repudiate
to reject the validity of
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Requite
to return or repay
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Restive
impatient_ uneasy_ or restless
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Reticent
silent; reserved
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Rhetoric
effective writing or speaking
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Ribald
humorous in a vulgar way
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Rococo
very highly ornamented; relating to an 18th century artistic style of elaborate ornamentation
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Rustic
rural
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Sacrosanct
extremely sacred; beyond criticism
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Sagacious
shrewd; wise
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Salient
prominent; of notable significance
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Salubrious
healthful
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Sanguine
ruddy; cheerfully optimistic
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Sardonic
cynical; scornfully mocking
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Satiate
to satisfy fully or overindulge
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Scintilla
trace amount
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Sedition
behavior that promotes rebellion or civil disorder against the state
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Sentient
aware; conscious; able to perceive
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Seraphic
angelic; sweet
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Sinecure
a well-paying job or office that requires little or no work
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Slake
to calm down or moderate
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Sobriquet
nickname
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Solecism
gtrammatical mistake; blunder in speech
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Soporific
causing sleep or lethargy
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Spartan
highly self-disciplined; frugal; austere
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Specious
deceptively attractive; seemingly plausible but fallacious
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Sportive
frolicsome; playful
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Stasis
a state of static balance or equilibrium; stagnation
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Stentorian
extremely loud
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Stigma
a mark of shame or discredit
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Stolid
unemotional; lacking sensitivity
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Stratagem
trick designed to deceive an enemy
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Sublime
lofty or grand
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Sully
to tarnish; taint
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Supplant
to replace (another) by force; to take the place of
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Surfeit
excessive amount
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Surly
rude and bad-tempered
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Sybarite
a person devoted to pleasure and luxury
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Sycophant
a self-serving flatterer; yes-man
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Symbiosis
cooperation; mutual helpfulness
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Syncopation
temporary irregularity in musical rhythm
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Tacit
done without using words
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Taciturn
silent; not talkative
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Talon
claw of an animal_ especially a bird of prey
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Tangential
digressing; diverting
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Tawdry
gaudy_ cheap_or showy
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Terrestrial
earthly; down to earth; commonplace
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Tirade
long_ harsh speech or verbal attack
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Toady
one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors
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Tome
book_ usually large and academic
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Torpor
extreme mental and physical sluggishness
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Transitory
temporary; lasting a brief time
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Trenchant
acute_ sharp_ or incisive; forecful; effective
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Turgid
swollen as from a fluid; bloated
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Tyro
beginner; novice
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Umbrage
offense; resentment
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Unconscionable
unscrupulous; shockingly unfair or unjust
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Unequivocal
absolute; certain
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Upbraid
to scold sharply
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Usury
the practice of lending money at exorbitant rates
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Vacillate
to physically sway or to be indecisive
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Variegated
varied; marked with different colors
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Venerable
respected because of age
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Venerate
to respect deeply
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Veracity
filled with truth and accuracy
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Verbose
wordy
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Verdant
green with vegtation; inexperienced
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Vernal
related to spring; fresh
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Vestige
a trace; remnant
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Vex
to annoy; irritate; puzzle; confuse
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Vicissitude
a change or variation; ups and downs
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Vim
vitality and energy
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Viscous
thick and adhesive_ like a slow-flowing fluid
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Vituperate
to abuse verbally; berate
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Volatile
easily aroused or changeable; lively or explosive
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Voluble
talkative; speaking easily; glib
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Wan
sickly pale
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Wanton
undisciplined; unrestrained; reckless
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Waver
to fluctuate between choices
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Whimsical
lightly acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
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Wily
clever; deceptive
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Winsome
charming; happily engaging
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Wizened
shriveled; withered; wrinkled
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Wraith
a ghost or specter; a ghost of a living person seen just before his or her death
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Xenophobia
a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers
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Yoke
to join together
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Zeal
passion; excitement
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Zealot
someone passionately devoted to a cause
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Zenith
the point of culmination; peak
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Zephyr
a gentle breeze; something airy or usubstantial
