List 16 Flashcards by Hemant Dixit | Brainscape

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sagacious

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shrewd

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connoisseur

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a lover of an art

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reprobate

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person hardened in sin

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arbiter

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person with power to decide a matter in dispute

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pathological

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pertaining to disease

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carping

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fault finding

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mosaic

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picture made of small, colourful inlaid tiles

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hieroglyphic

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picture writing

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itinerary

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plan of a trip

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piquant

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stimulating

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elegy

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poem or song expressing lamentation

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strut

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pompous walk

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bombastic

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pompous; using inflated language

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doggerel

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poor verse

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delineate

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depict; describe

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latent

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potential but undeveloped; dormant

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indigence

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poverty

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efficacy

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power to produce desired effect

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feasible

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practical

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pragmatic

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practical(as opposed to idealistic)