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Level IV Flashcards

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Provident

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Thrifty, economical, saving or providing for future needs

Synonyms: prudent, frugal

After the birth of their first child, Sam and Sarah vowed to be (blank), and start putting aside some money every month for college and retirement

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Impute

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To charge, or attribute, especially with a fault or misconduct, lay the responsibility or blame upon

Synonyms: ascribe, assign

To credit someone for something positive but you (blank) someone for something negative

Some (blank) their losses to lack of sales

Some people (blank) the decline in vocabulary to to video games

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Astute

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Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one’s advantage

“an (blank) businessman”

Shrewd, clever, perceptive, discerning, acute, keenly aware, quick witted,

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Neophyte

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a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

a new convert to a religion.

Synonyms: A beginner, novice, amateur, tyro,

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Enigma

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A mystery, puzzle, riddle, perplexing problem, something or someone hard to understand or explain

Something that is baffling, inexplicable, or inscrutable

She is an (blank) to me

Their motives are an (blank) to everyone

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Credence

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belief in or acceptance of something as true;

especially believe in a published report or acceptance of another’s opinion or testimony

Synonyms: 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 in a rambling, annoying, pointless, or long-winded way

Synonyms: verbose, loquacious, voluble, and prolix

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Trenchant

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Keen, penetrating, vigorously effective, sharp and to the point

Synonyms: forceful, acute, and incisive

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Autonomous

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Independent, self-governing, not under the control of something or someone else

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Panacea

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A cure-all, universal antidote, remedy for all diseases and difficulties

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Ephemeral

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

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Onerous

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Burdensome, troublesome, oppressive, hard to bear, difficult to accomplish or endure

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Laity

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Nonprofessionals, laypeople collectively, all the people outside of a given profession or specialized field

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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

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Charlatan

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a person who pretends to have a special skill or knowledge. A fake, quack, imposter, fraud.

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Perfunctory

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Mechanical, routine, done merely as a duty, performed in an indifferent, halfhearted, superficial, and often careless way, without interest or enthusiasm

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Morass

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Literally: an area of muddy or boggy ground; a swamp

Figuratively: something that traps, confines, or confuses; a sticky situation, or troublesome state of affairs

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Sophistry

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Deceptive reasoning, a subtle and misleading argument

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Prolific

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producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring

Fruitful, fertile, productive

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Mundane

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of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one

Of the world, worldly, earthly, material as distinguished from spiritual

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Myriad

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Countless, innumerable, infinite, consisting of a great or indefinite number

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Dissident

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Noun: a person who opposes official policy

Adjective: in opposition to official policy.

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Laudable

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deserving praise and commendation

Praiseworthy, commendable,

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Inimitable

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

Matchless, unrivaled, peerless, unparalleled

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Jaded

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Worn out, tired, fatigued, weary, exhausted

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Myopic

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Literal: short-sighted

Figurative: lacking discernment, foresight, perspective, or imagination

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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

Of persons, behavior, or things

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Acquiesce

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To agree without protest, to accept without argument or resistance, give in quietly

Synonyms: Consent, comply, submit

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Pontificate

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To speak in a pompous, overbearing way, make pretentious or categorical statements, express one’s own opinion as though it was an official, authoritative decree

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Deleterious

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Harmful, destructive, injurious, detrimental; especially harmful to health or wellbeing

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Ambivalent

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Indecisive, drawn in opposite directions, uncertain, conflicting feelings or desires

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Pensive

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Thoughtful, absorbed in thought, thinking deeply

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Impromptu

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Done without preparation; improvised

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Conjecture

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An educated guess, or to make one with insufficient evidence

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Surreptitious

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Done in a secret an sly manner as to avoid notice; stealthy

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Exemplary

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Serving as a model of excellence, appropriateness, or correctness

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Impeccable

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Free from faults or imperfections; perfect, faultless, flawless

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Attest

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To affirm to be true, genuine, or correct; to bear witness to

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Copious

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Large in amount, plentiful, abundant

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Fallacious

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False, misleading, deceptive, based on a fallacy

Synonym: sophistical

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Stoic

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Showing no feelings, unemotional, unaffected by pleasure or pain

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Recrimination

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A countercharge or counteraccusation

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Affinity

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Close relationship or resemblance

a natural attraction or liking for someone or something

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Volatile

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Unstable, inconstant, unpredictable; erratic

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Squalid

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Dirty and run-down as a result of poverty or neglect

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Expedite

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To speed up, accelerate the progress of

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Abject

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Degraded, brought low in condition or status

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