KaplanPt2 Flashcards by kim c

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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

meretricious

gaudy, falsely attractive

mores

fixed customs or manners, moral attitudes

multifarious

diverse

neophyte

novice, beginner

obdurate

hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

oblique

indirect or evasive, mesleading

obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please

obstinate

stubborn, unyielding

obviate

to prevent, make unnecessary

Occlude

to stop up, prevent the passage of

officious

too helpful, meddlesome

opine

to express an opinion

orotund

pompous

palatial

relating to a palace, magnificent

palliate

to make less serious, to ease

panache

flamboyance or dash in stale and action

panegyric

elaborate praise, formal hymn of praise

pare

to trim off excess

pathogenic

causing disease

peccadillo

a minor sin or offense

pejorative

having bad connotations, disparaging

perficious

will to betray one's trust

perfunctory

done in a routine way, indifferent

peripatetic

wandering from place to place

perspicacious

shrewd, astute, keen-witted

philistine

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

pithy

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

plucky

courageous

precipitate

o throw violently or bring about abruptly

precis

short summary of facts