Key Term Group 3 Flashcards

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acumen

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Keen accurate judgment or insight (ความเฉียบแหลม)

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2
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adulterate

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To reduce purity by combining inferior ingredients (ผสมปนเป เจือปน)

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3
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amalgamate

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To combine several elements into a whole (รวมกัน ผสมผสาน)

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aver

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To state as a fact or to declare or assert (ยืนยัน รับรองว่าจริง)

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5
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bolster

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To provide support or reinforcement (หนุน)

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bombastic

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Pompous, grandiloquent (โอ้อวด โอ่อ่า)

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diatribe

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A harsh denunciation (คำด่า)

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8
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dissemble

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To disguise or conceal or to mislead (ปิดบัง อำพราง)

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9
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evanescence

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Tending to disappear like vapor or vanishing (ความเลือนลาง การค่อยๆสลายไป)

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10
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exacerbate

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To make worse for more severe (ทำให้รุนแรงขึ้น)

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fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous (แรงกล้า)

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12
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fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance (บังเอิญ)

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germane

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Relevant to the subject at hand or appropriate subject matter (เกี่ยวข้อง)

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grandiloquence

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Pompous speech or expression (การพูดจาโอ้อวด)

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hackneyed

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Rendered trite or common place by frequent usage (ซ้ำซาก)

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16
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halcyon

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Calm and peaceful (สงบเงียบ)

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17
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hedonism

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Devotion to pleasure of pursuits, especially to the pleasures of the senses (ลัทธิสุขนิยม)

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18
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hegemony

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The consistent dominant of one state or group over others (การครอบงำ ความเป็นเจ้าโลก)

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iconoclast

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One who attacks or undermines traditional conventions, or institutions (ผู้ไม่ยึดมั่นในขนบธรรมเนียม)

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20
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idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive devotion to something (บูชารูปเคารพ)

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21
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impassive

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Revealing no emotion (ไร้ความรู้สึก)

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imperturbable

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Marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness (ไม่หวั่นไหว สุขุมใจเย็น)

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implacable

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Not capable of being appeased or significantly changed (ไร้ความปรานี ไม่โอนอ่อน)

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24
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impunity

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Immunity from punishment or penalty (การไม่ต้องรับโทษ การได้รับการยกเว้นโทษ)

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25
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inchoate

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In an initial stage not fully formed (ยังไม่สมบูรณ์)

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26
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infelicitous

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Unfortunate or inappropriate (ไม่เป็นผลดี ไม่สมควรไม่เหมาะสม)

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27
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insipid

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Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge (จืดชืด)

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loquacious

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Extremely talkative (ช่างพูด)

29
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mendacity

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The condition of being untruthful or dishonesty (การโกหก)

30
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misanthrope

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One who hates all other human (ความเกลียดชังมนุษยชาติ)

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obdurate

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Unyielding or hardhearted or intractable (ดื้อดึง)

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obsequious

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Exhibiting a fawning attentiveness (ประจบสอพลอ)

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occlude

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To obstruct or block (ปิดกั้น)

34
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opprobrium

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Disgrace or contempt or scorn (ความอับอาย ความน่าอัปยศน่าอับอาย)

35
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pedagogy

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The profession or principles of teaching or instructing (การสอน)

36
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pedantic

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Overly concerned with the trivial details of learning or education; show-offish about one’s knowledge (จู้จี้จุกจิก อวดความรู้อวดภูมิ)

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penury

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Poverty or destitution (ความขัดสน)

38
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pervasive

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Having a tendency to permeate or spread throughout (แพร่หลาย)

39
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Pine

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To yearn intensely or to languish or to lost vigor (ความปรารถนาอย่างแรงกล้า ความอ่อนล้า)

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pith

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The essential or central part (แกน)

41
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pithy

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Precise and brief (แหลมคม มีสาระสำคัญ)

42
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placate

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To appease or to calm by making concessions (สงบปากสงบคำ)

43
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plummet

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To plunge or drop straight down (ดิ่ง)

44
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polemical

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Controversial or argumentative (การโต้แย้ง ถกเถียง)

45
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prodigal

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Recklessly wasteful, extravagant, profuse or lavish (สุรุ่ยสุร่าย)

46
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proliferate

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To grow or increase swiftly and abundantly (ขยายพันธุ์)

47
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querulous

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Prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish (ขี้บ่น เจ้าอารมณ์)

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rancorous

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Characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment (ความเคียดแค้น)

49
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recalcitrant

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Obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage (พยศ ฝ่าฝืนไม่เชื่อฟัง)

50
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Repudiate

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To refuse to have anything to do with or to disown (ปฏิเสธ ทอดทิ้งละทิ้ง)

51
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rescind

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To invalidate, to repeal or, to retract (ยกเลิก เลิกล้ม ลบล้าง)

52
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reverent

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Mark by, feeling, or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect (เคารพนับถือ)

53
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rhetoric

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The art or study of effective use of language for communication and persuasion (วาทศิลป์)

54
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salubrious

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Promoting health or well-being (ดีต่อสุขภาพ)

55
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solvent

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Able to meet financial obligations or able to dissolve another substance (ตัวทำละลาย )

56
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specious

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Seeming true, but actually being fallacious, misleadingly, attractive or plausible, but false (กว้างขวาง ตบตามารยา)

57
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spurious

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Collecting intensity or validity or false or counterfeit (เท็จ)

58
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subpoena

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A court order requiring appearance and or testimony (หมายเรียกพยาน หมายศาล)

59
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succinct

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Brief or concise (กระชับ)

60
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superfluous

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Exceeding what is sufficient or necessary (ฟุ่มเฟือย)

61
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surfeit

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An overabundant supply; excess; to feed or supply to excess (อิ่มเกินไป ทำให้เกิน)

62
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tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued; persistent determination (ความเข้มแข็ง ความดื้อรั้น การยืนหยัด)

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tenuous

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Having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak (อ่อนแอ)

64
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tirade

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A long and extremely critical speech or harsh denunciation (การโวยวาย คำพูดยืดยาวด่าว่า)

65
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transient

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Fleeting or passing quickly or brief (ชั่วคราว)

66
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zealous

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Fervent; ardent; impassioned, devoted to a cause (กระตือรือร้น ขยันขันแข็ง ไฟแรงใจจดใจจ่อ)