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Level 4 Flashcards

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Provident

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Thrifty,economical,prudent,frugal

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Impute

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Ascribe,assign

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Astute

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Shrewd,clever,perceptive,discerning,acute,keenly aware,quick-witted,sagacious,perspicacious,sapient

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Neophyte

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A beginner,novice,amateur,tyro

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Enigma

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A mystery,puzzle,riddle,perplexing problem

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Credence

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Belief,acceptance

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Venerate

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To respect deeply,revere,regard with awe and adoration

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Garrulous

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Talkative,especially an a rambling,annoying,pointless,or long-awinded way. Verbose,loquacious,voluble,prolix.
Ant:reserved,reticent,taciturn,laconic

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Trenchant

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Keen,penetrating,vigorously effective,sharp and to the point.
Forceful,acute,incisive

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Autonomous

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Independant,self-governing

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Panacea

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A cure-all,universal antidote

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived,passing,fleeting,lasting for a short time.

Transitory,evanescent,fugitive,fugacious

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Onerous

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Burdensome,troublesome,oppressive,hard to bear,difficukt to accomplish

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Laity

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Nonprofessionals,laypeople collective.

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Pungent

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Sharp,penetrating,biting,acrid,caustic.

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Prosaic

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Dull,ordinary,uninteresting,unimaginative.

Commonplace,humdrum,tedious,dry,stale,mediocre,matter-of-fact,insipid,pedestrian,vapid,jenune

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Charlatan

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A fake,quack,imposter,fraud,humbug

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Perfunctory

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Machanical,routine,listless,without interesting or enthusiasm

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Morass

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Literally,a swamp,marsh,bog,

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Sophistry

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Deceptive reasoning,subtle and misleading argument

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Prolific

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Fruitful,fertile,productive.

Ant:impotent,unproductive,barren,sterile,effete

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Mundane

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Of the world,worldly,earthly,terrestrial,temporal,secular,sublunary.
Ant:loftly,heavenly,sublime,celestial,ethereal,exaterrestrial

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Myriad

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Countless,innumerable,infinite,consisting of a great number

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Dissident

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Disagreeing,disaffected,dissenting,noncomformist

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Laudable

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Praiseworthy,commendable,meritorious,exemplary,estimable.

Ant:contemptible,deplorable,ignominious

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Inimitable

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Unable to be imitated,copied,or reproduced;beyond compare

Matchless,unrivaled,peerless,unparalled,surpassing

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Jaded

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Worn out,tired,fatigued,weary,exhausted

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Myopic

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Short-sighted,narrow-minded,purblind,ubtuse.

Ant:broad-minded,liberal,tolerant,catholic,latitudinarian

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Demonstrable

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Capable of being demonstrated,able to be proved

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Callow

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Immature,inexperienced,unsophisticated,green,naive,juvenile,sophomoric,puerile

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Acquiesce

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To agree without protest,consent,comply,submit,assent,accede

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Pontificate

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To speak in a pompus and overbearing way,make pretentious or categorical statements

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Deleterious

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Harmful,destructive,injurious,detrimental,ruinous,noxious,pernicious,malignant.
Antonyms:healthful,advantageous,wholesome,salutary

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Ambivalent

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Uncertain,indecisive,having conflicting feelings or desires,simultaneously drawn in opposite directions,attracted to and repulsed by something at the same time

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Pensive

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Thoughful,absorbed in thought,especially in a deep,dreamy,or melancholy way.
Reflective,meditative,wistful,contemplative

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Impromptu

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Made up or done on the spur of the moment,uttered or performed without preparation,improvised for the occasion.
Offhand,spontaneous,extemporaneous

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Conjecture

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To guess,suppose,imagine,suspect,presume,speculate,surmise

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Surreptitious

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Stealthy,done,made,obtained,or enjoyed in a secret and often sly or shifty manner.
Crafty,furtive,covert,underhand,clandestine.
Antonyms:evident,unconcealed,overt,aboveboard,manifest

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Exemplary

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Worthy of imitation.praiseworthy,commendable,ideal,admirable,meritorious,estimable,laudable.
Antonyms:shameful,disreputable,contemptible,deplorable,ignominious,odious,heinous.

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Impeccable

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Perfect,faultless,flawless,unimpeachable,irreproachable.

Antonyms:reprehensible,censurable,culpable.

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Attest

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To affirm to be true,genuine,or correct;certify or authenticate officially;stand as proof or evidence of.

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Copious

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Abundant,plentiful,large in amount or number.

Ample,bountiful,profuse. Antonyms:scanty,meager,sparse,paltry

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Fallacious

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False,misleading,deceptive,invalid,erroneous,spurious,untenable,illusory,sophistical

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Stoic

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Unemotional,impassive,dispassionate,indifferent,apathetic,languid,placid,phlegmatic,imperturbable.
Ant:ardent,vehement,zealous,fervid,fervent.

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Recrimination

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A countercharge or counteraccusation

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Affinity

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A strong likeness,similarity,or connection.
(close resemblance or relationship)
Kinship,correspondence,compatibility,consaguinity.
(liking or attraction)
penchant,propensity,proclivity

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Volatile

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Changeable,unstable,inconstant.
Capricious,flighty,fickle,mercurial,erratic,protean.
Ant:stable,fixed,steadfast,invariable,quiescent,

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Squalid

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Dirty and run-down as a result of poverty or neglect;seedy,unkempt,slovenly,dilapidated.
Ant:unsullied,immaculate,pristine

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Expedite

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To speed up,hasten,facilitate,accelerate the progress of.

Ant:delay,postpone,hinder,retard,slacken,protract

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Abject

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Degraded,hence,lacking self-respect,contemptuble,wretched.
Debased,despicable,ignoble,groveling,servile,squalid.
Ant:noble,dignified,lofty,majestic,eminent,illustrious

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