Level 6 Flashcards
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Legerdemain
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Slight of hand
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Puerile
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Childish
3
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Complicity
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Complicit
4
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Transmute
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Transform
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Abstruse
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Not clear
6
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Supercilious
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Acting with Superiority over someone else
7
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Dissemble
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Conceal or pretend something
8
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Vacuous
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Empty space
9
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Capacious
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Capable of containing a great deal. Ex: Museums capacious rooms.
10
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Mneumonic
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Thinking help
11
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Sonorous
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Deep full sound
12
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Admonish
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Kindly rebuke
13
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Paradigm
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A theoretical framework
14
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Circuitous
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Roundabout way
15
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Vindicate
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Justify
16
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Bucolic
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Rustic
17
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Ostracize
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Kick out of native country, cut off
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Plethora
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Plenty
19
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Proclivity
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Likeliness
20
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Commensurate
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Equal in size. Ex: Lived a life commensurate with his larger than life reputation.
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Incessant
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Ceaseless
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Sycophant
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Butt-kisser
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Tangential
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Tangent, attached to at a point
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Tenable
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Holdable
25
Impalpable
Not easily discerned by the mind
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Odious
Much hated
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Ubiquitous
It's Everywhere!
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Ruminate
Think on your sins (skyfall), literally chew on
29
Remuneration
Pay
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Peccadillo
Small sin
31
Supine
Laying on back (opposite of prone)
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Banal
Hackneyed, overdone and boring
33
Heterodox
Unorthodox
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Grandiloquent
Grandiose talking/speech
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Lugubrious
Mournful, Dismal, morose
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Infinitesimal
Very small
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Goad
Sharp stick to push cattle
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Malinger
To pretend illness (to escape work)
39
Aver
Claimed with certainty. Average ave averred he wasn't average.
40
Cacophony
Muddled harsh noise
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Refractory
Hard/impossible to manage
42
Iconoclast
Someone who disagrees with popular religion
43
Enervate
Emasculate, take away ones 'fire'
44
Levity
Not serious, lightness of mind
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Equanimity
Equilibrium, calm under tension
46
Structure
Structure
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Opulent
Richly appointed
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Disparage
Bring down
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Discursive
Blabbing from one subject to next
50
Edify
Prosper someone
