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Level V Flashcards

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Voluble

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Talkative, talking much and easily, and usually at great length

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Commiserate

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share in someone’s misery, to sympathize, feel or express sympathy, show sorrow or pity for

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Dilemma

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A predicament in which one must choose between equally undesirable alternatives

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Transitory

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Passing, temporary, fleeting, not permanent or enduring

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Philanthropic

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Motivated by or done out of a desire to help or improve the welfare of others; Charitable, benevolent, humane

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Lethargy

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Lack of energy, sluggishness; dull, drowsy, inactive condition or state of mind

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Exonerate

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To free from blame, declare blameless or innocent

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Pugnacious

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Given to fight, combative, quarrelsome, ready and willing to fight

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Contrition

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Remorse, penitence, repentance, deep and devastating sorrow for something one has done wrong

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Abrogate

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To cancel, revoke, or abolish by legal or authoritative action or decree

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Ebullience

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Lively enthusiasm, high spirits, bubbly excitement; exhilaration

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Impervious

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Impenetrable, incapable of being entered or passed though; unable to be moved or affected by something

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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; also, to make oneself inconspicuous

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Chimera

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A foolish, fancy, fantastic notion or idea; figment of the imagination; an absurd and fabulous creation of the mind

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Incorrigible

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Bad beyond correction or reform, hopeless; 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, we’ll-informed or versed; versed

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Esoteric

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Intended for or design to be understood only by a select group, known only by a few people; not public, secret, confidential

Synonyms: mysterious, inscrutable, cryptic

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Auspicious

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Favorable, fortunate; conducive to success

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Itinerant

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Traveling about, wandering, moving from place to place

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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, to make publish in an official manner

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Gratuitous

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Free, given without charge or obligation; also, without legitimate cause or reason, un-called for, unjustified, baseless, unwarranted

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Nomenclature

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

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Droll

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Amusing, humorous, comical; especially, funny or witty in an outrageous way

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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, delude, or mislead; also; 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 richly supplied, well-stocked, 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; pertaining to, characteristic of, or used in spoken language; hence, informal, casual, natural

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Obfuscate

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

Synonyms: confuse, complicate, muddle

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Facile

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Easy, easily done, performed or achieve in an easy, effortless way; working or acting on a smooth, free, and all restrained manner

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Convivial

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Sociable, merry, festive

Synonyms: affable, gregarious

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Eschew

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To avoid, shun, abstain from; to keep away from something harmful, wrong, or distasteful

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Prodigious

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Enormous, huge, tremendous, immense; extraordinary in size, extent, force, or degree

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Idiosyncrasy

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A peculiarity, distinctive characteristics of a person or group, and identify trait or mannerism

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Approbation

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Approval, acceptance; especially, official approval or authorization

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Officious

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Meddlesome, nosy, intrusive, interfering, prying; specifically, offering unwanted advice or unnecessary service, especially in an overbearing way

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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, unselfish concern for the welfare of others

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Accolade

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An award; sign of respect or esteem; expression of praise; mark of acknowledgment

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Vernacular

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The native language of a people, especially, the common everyday language of 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 pups of a butterfly; the stage in the development during which an insect is enclosed in a case or cocoon; also a sheltered and undeveloped state or state of being

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Genteel

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Refined, polite, we’ll-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, convivial

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Subterfuge

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A deception, trick, underhanded scheme

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