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Key Terms Group 4 Flashcards

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Acerbic

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Having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

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Aggrandize

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To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige

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Alchemy

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A medieval science aimed at transmuting metals into gold

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Amenable

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Agreeable; responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Contiguous

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Sharing a border; touching; adjacent

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Convention

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A generally agreed upon practice/attitude

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Credulous

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Tending to believe too readily; gullible

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Cynicism

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An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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Polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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Scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

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Dessicate

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To dry out or dehydrate

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Dilettante

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One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or other branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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To slight or belittle

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Divulge

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To disclose something secret

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Fawn

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To flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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To show contempt for, as in rule or conventions

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Garrulous

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Pointlessly talkative; talking too much

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Glib

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Marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

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Hubris

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Overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

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Imminent

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About to happen; impending

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Immutable

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Not capable of change

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Impetuous

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Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Indifferent

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Having no interest or concern, showing no bias or prejudice

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Inimical

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Damaging, harmful, injurious

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Intractable

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Not easily manage or directed; stubborn, obstinate

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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Using few words; terse

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Maverick

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An independent individual who doesn’t go along with the group

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Mercurial

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Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity

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Neophyte

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A recent convert; a beginner; a novice

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Obfuscate

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To deliberately obscure; to make confusing

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Obstinate

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Stubborn; hard headed; uncompromising

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Ostentatious

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Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy

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Pervade

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To permeate throughout

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Phlegmatic

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Calm; sluggish; unemotional

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Plethora

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An overabundance, a surplus

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Pragmatic

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Practical, rather than idealistic

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Presumptuous

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Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties

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Pristine

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Pure, uncorrupted, clean

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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness

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Proclivity

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A natural predisposition or inclination

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Profligate

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Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant

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Propsentiy

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A natural inclination, penchant

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Prosaic

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Dull; lacking in spirit or imagination

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Pungent

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Characterized by strong, sharp smell or taste

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Quixotic

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Foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals

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Quotidian

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Occurring or recurring daily; commonplace

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Rarefy

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To make or become thin; less dense, to refine

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Recondite

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Hidden, concealed, difficult to understand; obscure

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Refulgent

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Radiant, shiny, brilliant

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Renege

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To fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise

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Sedulous

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Diligent, persistent, hard working

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Shard

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A piece of broken pottery/glass

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Soporific

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Causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

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Sparse

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Thin, not dense

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Spendthrift

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One who spends money wastefully

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Subtle

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Not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern

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Tacit

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Implied, not explicitly stated

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Terse

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Brief and concise in wording

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Tout

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To publicly praise or promote

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Trenchant

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Sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating

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Unfeigned

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Genuine, not false or hypocritical

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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Vacillate

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To waver indecisively between courses of action/opinions

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Variegated

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Multicolored; characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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Vexation

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Annoyance; irritation

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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful

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Vituperate

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To use harsh condemnatory language, to abuse or censure severely, to berate

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