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List 4 Flashcards

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Acerbic

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Having bitter or sour taste

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Aggrandize

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to increase in intensity, power, influence

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Alchemy

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a medieval science aimed at the transmutation

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Amenable

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Agreeable, responsive to suggestion

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Anachronism

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Something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context

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Astringent

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having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe

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Bombast

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self-important or pompous writing or speech

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Contiguous

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sharing a border, touching

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Convention

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a generally agreed upon practice or attitude

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Credulous

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tending to believe too readily, gullible

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Cynicism

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an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

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Decorum

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polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

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Derision

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scorn, ridicule; contemptuous

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Desiccate

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to dry out hydrate

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Dilettante

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one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge

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Disparage

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to slight or belittle

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Divulge

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to disclose something secret

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Fawn

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to flatter or praise excessively

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Flout

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to show contempt for, as in rule or convention

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Garrulous

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pointlessly talkative

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Glib

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marked by ease or informality

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Hubris

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overbearing presumption or pride, arrogance

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Imminent

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about to happen

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Immutable

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not capable to change

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Impetuous

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hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

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Indifferent

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having no interest or concern

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Inimical

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damaging, harmful

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Intractable

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not easily managed or directed; stubborn

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Intrepid

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steadfast and courageous

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Laconic

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using few words, terse

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Maverick

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an independent individual who doesn’t go along with group

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Mercurial

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characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood

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Mollify

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to calm or soothe in emotional intensity

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Neophyte

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a recent convert; beginner, novice

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Obfuscate

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to deliberately obscure, to make confusing

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Obstinate

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stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising

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Ostentatious

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characterized by or given to pretentious display, showy

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Pervade

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to permeate throughout

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Phlegmatic

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calm, sluggish, unemotional

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Plethora

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an overabundance, a surplus

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Pragmatic

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practical rather idealistic

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Presumptuous

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overstepping due bounds, taking liberaties

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Prisitne

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pure, clear

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Probity

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adherence to the highest principle

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Proclivity

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a natural predisposition or inclination

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Profligate

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excessively wasteful

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Propensity

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a natural inclination or tendency, penchant

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Prosaic

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dull, lacking in spirit or imagination

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Pungent

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characterized by a strong or sharp smell

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Quixotic

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foolishly impractical, marked by lofty romantic ideals

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Quotidian

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occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

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Rarefy

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to make or became less thin

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Recondite

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hidden, concealed, difficult to understand

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Refulgent

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radiant, shiny, brilliant

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Renege

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to fail to honor a commitment, to go back on promise

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Sedulous

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diligent, persistent, hardworking

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Shard

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a piece of broken pottery or glass

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Soporific

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causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

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Sparse

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thin, not dense, arranged at widely spaced intervals

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Spendthrift

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one who spends money watefully

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Subtle

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not obvious, elusive, difficult to discern

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Tacit

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implied, not explicitly stated

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Terse

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brief and concise in wording

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Tout

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to publicly praise or promote

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Unfeigned

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genuine, not false or hypocritical

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Trenchant

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sharply perceptive, keen, penetrating

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Untenable

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indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Vacillate

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to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another

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Variegated

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multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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Vexation

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annoyance, irritation

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Vigilant

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alertly, watchful

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Vituperate

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to use harsh language, to abuse or censure severely or abusively

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Volatile

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readily changing to vapor, changeable, fickle, explosive

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