Lesson 11 Flashcards

1
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Adroit

A

Skillful

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2
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Deride

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Mock

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3
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Exacting

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Requiring a lot of care

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4
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Flummoxed

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Completely unable to understand

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5
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Reticent

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Keeping ones thought to oneself

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6
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Surreptitious

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Done secretly

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7
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Torpor

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A state of apathy or lethargy

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8
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Perfunctory

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Done without enthusiasm or effort

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9
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Obeisance

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Reverence for an individual

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10
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Relish

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Take great pleasure or delight in

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11
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Preclude

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Prevent something from occurring

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12
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Elucidate

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Make clear

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13
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Feckless

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Without skill

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14
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Fester

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To become worse

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15
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Iconoclastic

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Attacking tradition

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16
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Peculiar

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Strange

17
Q

Relinquish

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Give up a right or possession

18
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Mawkish

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Overly sentimental

19
Q

Myopic

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Lacking creativity

20
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Exacerbate

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Make a situation worse

21
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Hackneyed

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Banal or lacking creativity

22
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Incongruous

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Out of place

23
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Peripheral

A

Not important or trivial

24
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Tenable

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Rational

25
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Transgression

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Crimes

26
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Invidious

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Likely to cause envy

27
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Futile

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Incapable of resulting anything fruitful

28
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Covert

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Hidden or concealed

29
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Countenance

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Accept or permit

30
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Adroit

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Skillful