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Key Terms Group 1 Flashcards

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abscond

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to depart clandestinely, steal off or hide

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aberrant

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deviating from the norm

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alacrity

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eager and enthusiastic willingness

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anomaly

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deviation from the norm

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approbation

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expression of approval or praise

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arduous

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strenuous, taxing

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assuage

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daring and fearless

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austere

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without adornment, bare, simple

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axiomatic

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taken as given

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canonical

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following or in agreement with accepted traditional standards

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capricious

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inclined to change ones mind impulsively

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censure

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criticize severely

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chicanery

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trickery or subterfuge

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connoisseur

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informed and astute judge in matters of taste

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convulted

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complex or complicated

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disabuse

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to set right

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discordant

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conflicting

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disparate

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fundamentally distinct

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effontery

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extreme boldness

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eloquent

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well spoken

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enervate

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weaken

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ennui

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dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy

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equivocate

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to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent

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erudite

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scholarly

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exculpate

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exonerate

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exigent

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urgent

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extemporaneous

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improvised

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filibuster

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intentional obstruction

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fulminate

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loudly attack

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INGENOUS

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artless, frank and candid lacking sophistication

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inured

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accustomed to accepting something undesirable

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irascible

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easily angered

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laud

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praise highly

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lucid

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clear

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magnanimity

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quality of being noble in mind and heart- especially in forgiving

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martial

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associated with war

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mundane

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of the world, typical

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nascet

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coming into being

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nebulous

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vague

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neologism

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a new word, expression

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noxious

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harmful

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obture

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lacking sharpness

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obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

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onerous

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troublesome

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paean

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song or hymn of praise// thanksgiving

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parody

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humorous imitation

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perennial

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recurrent through the year

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perfidy

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intentional breach of faith

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perfunctory

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cursory, done without care of interest

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perspicacious

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acutely perceptive

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prattle

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to babble meaninglessly

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precipitate

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acting with excessive haste or impulse

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predilection

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the disposition in favor of something; preference

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prescience

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foreknowledge of events

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prevaricate

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to deliberately avoid the truth

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qualms

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misgiving, reservations

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recant

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retract

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relegate

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forcibly assign

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reticent

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quiet, reserved

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solicitous

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concerned and attentive, eager

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sordid

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characterized by filth

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sporadic

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occurring only occasionally

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squander

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waste by spending irresponsibly

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static

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not moving

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stupefy

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to stun

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stymie

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block

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sythensis

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combination of parts that make a whole

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torque

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a force that causes rotation

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tortous

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winding

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truculent

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fierce and cruel

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veracity

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truthfulness, honesty

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virulent

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extremely harmful or poisonous

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vorcacious

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ravenous

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waver

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to move to and fro

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