KaplanPt2 Flashcards by kim c | Brainscape

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Insipid

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lacking interest or flavor

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Inter

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to bury

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Intransigent

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uncompromizing, refusing to be reconciled

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Intrepid

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fearless

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Inundate

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to overwhelm

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Inure

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to harden

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Invective

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abusive language

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Investiture

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ceremony conferring authority

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Invidious

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envious, obnoxious, or offensive

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Irascible

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easily made angry

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Itinerant

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wandering from place to place

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knell

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sound of a funeral bell

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lachrymose

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tearful

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languid

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lacking energy, indifferent

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lapidary

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relating to precious stones

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largess

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generous giving of money to inferior others

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lassitude

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state of diminished energy

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limpid

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clear, transparent

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listless

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lacking energy and enthusiasm

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lumber

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to move slowely and awkwardly

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machination

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plot or scheme

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mannered

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artificial or stilted in character

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maudlin

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overly sentimental

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mendicant

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beggar

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meretricious

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gaudy, falsely attractive

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mores

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fixed customs or manners, moral attitudes

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multifarious

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diverse

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neophyte

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novice, beginner

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obdurate

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hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

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oblique

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indirect or evasive, mesleading

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obsequious

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overly submissive and eager to please

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obstinate

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stubborn, unyielding

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obviate

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to prevent, make unnecessary

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Occlude

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to stop up, prevent the passage of

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officious

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too helpful, meddlesome

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opine

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to express an opinion

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orotund

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pompous

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palatial

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relating to a palace, magnificent

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palliate

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to make less serious, to ease

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panache

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flamboyance or dash in stale and action

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panegyric

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elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise

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pare

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to trim off excess

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pathogenic

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causing disease

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peccadillo

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a minor sin or offense

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pejorative

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having bad connotations, disparaging

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perficious

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will to betray one’s trust

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way, indifferent

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peripatetic

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wandering from place to place

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perspicacious

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shrewd, astute, keen-witted

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philistine

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person who Is guided by materialism and is disdainful of intellectic values

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pithy

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profound or substantial yet concise, succinct, and to the point

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plucky

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courageous

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precipitate

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o throw violently or bring about abruptly

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precis

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short summary of facts