Level 5 Flashcards

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Voluble

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Glib. Ready flow of words.

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Commiserate

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Sympathize with, express sorrow/sympathy

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Lethargy

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Being drowsy, sleepy, apathetic, lazy

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Exonerate

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Freed from guilt, cleared

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Pugnacious

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Inclined to quarrel, Belligerent

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Contrition

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Sincere penitence, remorse

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Abrogate

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Put an end to, abolish

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Officious

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objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome:

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Intractable

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Not easily managed

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Chrysalis

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A pupa, especially of a moth/butterfly, enclosed in a cocoon. A protected stage of development

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Subterfuge

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an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc. a stratagem employed to conceal something.

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Ebullience

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Zestful enthusiasm

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Remonstrate

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To plead in protest, to present/show reasons in complaint

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Chimera

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(often initial capital letter) . a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.

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Incorrigible

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Bad beyond correction

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Conversant

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Familiar by use or study

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Auspicious

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Favorable, promising success

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Itinerant

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Journeying, traveling fro place to place

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Promulgate

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To make known publicly

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Droll

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Humorous in an odd way, jester

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Colloquial

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Informal, characteristic of regular conversation

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Castigate

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To punish to correct

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Obfuscate

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To confuse, stupefy, to make inclear

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Convival

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Friendly, agreeable

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Philanthropic
Giving, altruistic
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Eschew
Shun, stay away from
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Idiosyncrasy
A characteristic mannerism unique to a person
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Facile
Easily done (sometimes with superficiality)
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Approbation
Approval
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Prodigious
Extraordinary in size
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Beguile
To influence by flattery deceit
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Replete
Filled with
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Preclude
To exclude, prevent, make impossible
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Vindictive
Vengeful
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Juxtapose
To place side by side
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Insatiable
Can't be satisfied
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Efface
To wipe out, expunge
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Vernacular
Expressed in native tongue
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Jovial
Joyous hearty spirit
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Esoteric
Understood by select few
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Cull
Pull, collect
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Nomenclature
Set or System of Names in a field or community
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Gratuitous
Being without cause
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Genteel
Refined, elegant, pretentiously polite
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Impervious
Impenetrable
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Accolade
Any award or laudatory notice
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Dilemma
Dilemma
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Judicious
Having discriminating judgement
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Transitory
Existing for short time, ephemeral
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Altruism
Unselfish care for others