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Level 5 Flashcards

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Commiserate

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To sympathize, feel or express sympathy, show sorrow or pity for

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Voluble

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Talkative, glib, garrulous

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Dilemma

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A predicament

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Transitory

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Passing, temporary, fleeting

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Philanthropic

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Charitable, benevolent, humane

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Lethargy

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Lack of energy, sluggishness, dullness, apathy, stupor

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Exonerate

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To free from blame, free from a charge or the imputation of guilt

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Pugnacious

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Giving to fighting, combative, quarrelsome, ready and willing to fight

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Contrition

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Remorse, penitence, repentance, deep and devastating sorrow for one’s sins

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Abrogate

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To abolish by legal or authoritative action or decree

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Officious

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Pronounce the initial

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Intractable

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Hard to manage or control, stubborn, unruly

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Altruism

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Selflessness

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Accolade

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An award, sign of respect or esteem

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Vernacular

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The native language of a people, especially, the common, everyday language of ordinary people as opposed to the literary or cultured language

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Judicious

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Wise and careful, having or showing sound judgement

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Chrysalis

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The pupa of a butterfly

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Genteel

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Refined, polite, well-bred, sophisticated, elegantly stylish or fashionable, pertaining or belonging to high society

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Jovial

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Merry, full of good humor, hearty and fun-loving, jolly, convival

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Subterfuge

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A deception, trick, underhanded scheme

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Ebullience

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Lively enthusiasm, high spirits, bubbly excitement

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Impervious

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Impenetrable, incapable of being entered or passed through

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Remonstrate

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To object, protest, reprove, rebuke, argue or plead against

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Efface

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To rub out, wipe out, obliterate, erase, expunge

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Chimera

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A foolish fancy, fantastic notion or idea, figment of the imagination

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Incorrigible

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Bad beyond correction or reform, hopeless, irreformable

Also unruly, unmanageable, difficult to control

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Juxtapose

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To place side by side or close together, especially so as to compare or contrast

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Conversant

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Familiar, acquainted, well-informed or well-versed

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Esoteric

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Intended for or designed to be understood only by a select group, known only by a few people; hence, secret

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Auspicious

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Favorable, fortunate, marked by favorable circumstances or good fortune

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Itinerant

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Wandering, traveling about, moving from place to place, especially to perform work

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Cull

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To pick out, select from various sources, gather, collect

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Promulgate

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To make known, publish, proclaim

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Gratuitous

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Free, given without charge or obligation

Also uncalled for, unjustified, baseless, unwarranted

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Nomenclature

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A system of names, especially used in science/art/branch of knowledge

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Droll

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Amusing, humorous, comical

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Insatiable

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Greedy, hungry, unable to be satisfied or appeased

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Beguile

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To deceive, or mislead, to charm, amuse or delight

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Vindictive

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Seeking or wanting revenge, vengeful, characterized by a desire to get even

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Replete

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Fully or richy supplied, well-stocked, chock-full, filled to capacity

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Preclude

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To prevent, make impossible, exclude or shut off all possibility of something happening

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Castigate

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To punish or criticize severely

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Colloquial

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Conversational

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Obfuscate

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To make obscure, cloud over, darken, make unclear or indistinct

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Facile

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Easy, easily done

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Convival

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Sociable, merry, festive

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Eschew

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To avoid, shun, abstain from, keep away from smth harmful, wrong

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Prodigious

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Enormous, huge, tremendous, immense

48
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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiarity, distinctive characteristic of a person or group

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Approbation

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Approval, acceptance

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