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Key Words Flashcards

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Aberration

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Something that differs from the norm

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Abhor

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To hate, detest

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Acquiescence

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To agree without protesting

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Alacrity

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Eagerness, speed

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Appease

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To calm, satisfy

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Arcane

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Obscure, secret, knows only by a few

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Avarice

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Excessive greed

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Brazen

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Excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious

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Brusque

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Short, abrupt, dismissive

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Cajole

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The urge, coax

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Callous

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Harsh, cold and unfeeling

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Callous

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Harsh, cold, unfeeling

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Candour

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Honesty, frankness

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Chide

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To voice, disapproval

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Clandestine

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Secret

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Coerce

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To make somebody do something by force or threat

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Complacency

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Self-satisfied ignorance of danger

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Confidant

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A person entrusted with secret

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Connive

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To plot, scheme

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Cumulative

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Increasing, building upon itself

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Cynical

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Believing the worst of others, especially that all acts are selfish

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Debase

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To lower the quality or esteem of something

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Decry

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To criticise openly

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Deferential

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Showing respect for another’s authority

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Demure

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Quiet, modest, reserved

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Deride

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To laugh at mockinlgly, scorn

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Despot

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One who has total power and ruled brutally

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Diligent

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Showing care in doing ones work

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Elated

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Overjoyed, thrilled

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Eloquent

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Expressive, articulate, moving

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Embezzle

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To steal money by falsifying records

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Empathy

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Sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were ones own

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Enmity

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Ill will, hatred, hostility

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Erudite

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Learned

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Extol

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To praise, revere

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Fabricate

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To make up, invent

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Feral

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Wild, savage

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Forsake

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To give up, renounce

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Fractious

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Troublesome or irritable

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Furtive

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Secretive, sly

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Gluttony

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Overindulgence in food or drink

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gratuitous

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Uncalled for, unwarranted

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Haughty

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Disdainfully proud

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Hypocrisy

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Pretending to believe what one does not

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Impeccable

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Exemplary, flawless

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Impertinent

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Rude, insolent

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Implacable

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Incapable of being appease or mitigated

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Implicit

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Implied or understood with being directly stated

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Impudent

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Casually rude, insolent, impertinent

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Incisive

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Clear, sharp, direct

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Indolent

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Lazy

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Inept

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Not suitable or capable, unqualified

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Infamy

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Notoriety, extreme ill repute

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Inhibit

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To prevent, restrain, stop

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Innate

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Inborn, native, inherent

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Insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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Insular

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Separated and narrow-minded, tight-knit, closed off

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Intrepid

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Brace in the face of danger

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Inveterate

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Stubbornly established by habit

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Jubilant

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Extremely joyful, happy

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Lithe

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Graceful, flexible, supple

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Lurid

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Ghastly, sensational

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Maverick

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An independent, nonconformist person

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Maxim

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A common saying expressing a principle of conduct

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful with details

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Modicum

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A small amount of something

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Morose

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Gloomy or sullen

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Myriad

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Consistent of a very great number

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Nadir

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The lowest of something

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Nominal

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Trifling, insignificant man

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Novice

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A beginner, someone without training or experience

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Nuance

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A slight variation in meaning, tone, expression

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Obvious

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Lacking a consciousness or awareness of something

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Obtuse

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Lacking quickness of sensibility

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Obsequious

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Excessively compliant or submissive

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Panacea

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A remedy for an ills or difficulties

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Parody

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A satirical imitation

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Penchant

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A tendency, for partiality, preference

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Zenith

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The highest point, culminating point

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Wanton

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Undisciplined, lewd, lustful

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Vociferous

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Loud, boisterous

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Venerable

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Deserving of respect because of age or achevment

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Umbrage

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Resentment, offence

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Truculent

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Ready to fight, cruel

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Taciturn

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Not inclined to talk

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Sycophant

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One who flatters for self-gain

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Superfluous

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Exceeding what is necessary

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Staid

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Sedate, serious, self restrained

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Serendipity

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Luck, finding good things without looking for them

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Salient

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Significant, conspicuous

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Rife

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Abundant

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Repudiate

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To reject, refuse to accept

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Refurbish

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To restore, clean up

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Rash

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Hasty, incautious

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Quaint

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Charmingly old fashioned

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Predilection

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A preference or inclination for something

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Plethora

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An abundance, excess

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Perusal

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a careful examination

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