Key Terms Group 1 Flashcards by Alaina elgin

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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

exonerate

exigent

urgent

extemporaneous

improvised

filibuster

intentional obstruction

fulminate

loudly attack

INGENOUS

artless, frank and candid lacking sophistication

inured

accustomed to accepting something undesirable

irascible

easily angered

laud

praise highly

lucid

clear

magnanimity

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

martial

associated with war

mundane

of the world, typical

nascet

coming into being

nebulous

vague

neologism

a new word, expression

noxious

harmful

obture

lacking sharpness

obviate

to anticipate and make unnecessary

onerous

troublesome

paean

song or hymn of praise// thanksgiving

parody

humorous imitation

perennial

recurrent through the year

perfidy

intentional breach of faith

perfunctory

cursory, done without care of interest

perspicacious

acutely perceptive

prattle

to babble meaninglessly

precipitate

acting with excessive haste or impulse

predilection

the disposition in favor of something; preference

prescience

foreknowledge of events

prevaricate

to deliberately avoid the truth

qualms

misgiving, reservations

recant

retract

relegate

forcibly assign

reticent

quiet, reserved

solicitous

concerned and attentive, eager

sordid

characterized by filth

sporadic

occurring only occasionally

squander

waste by spending irresponsibly

static

not moving

stupefy

to stun

stymie

block

sythensis

combination of parts that make a whole

torque

a force that causes rotation

tortous

winding

truculent

fierce and cruel

veracity

truthfulness, honesty

virulent

extremely harmful or poisonous

vorcacious

ravenous

waver

to move to and fro