List 23 Flashcards by Hemant Dixit | Brainscape

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taut

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tight; ready

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stigma

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token of disgrace

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brook

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tolerate; endure

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fiasco

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total failure

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petulant

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touchy; peevish

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platitude

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trite remark; commonplace statement

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veracity

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truthfulness

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complaisant

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deference

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torque

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force producing rotation

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despot

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tyrant

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precarious

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uncertain; risky

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immutable

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unchangeable

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ambiguous

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unclear or doubtful in meaning

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implicit

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understood but not stated

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tacit

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understood; not put into words

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inequity

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unfairness

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untoward

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unfortunate or unlucky

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inimical

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unfriendly; hostile

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derivative

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obtained from another source

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capricious

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unpredictable; fickle