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Magoosh Common Words Flashcards

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alacrity

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an eager willingness to do something

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prosaic

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dull, lacking imagination

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veracity

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truthful

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paucity

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a lack of something

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maintain

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to assert

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contrite

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to feel remorse

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laconic

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saying few words

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pugnacious

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inclined to aggressively argue, verbally combative

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disparate

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fundamentally different

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egregious

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standing out in a bad way

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innocuous

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harmless, doesn’t produce any ill effects

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candid

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a straightforward and honest look at something

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erratic

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unpredictable, often wildly so

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bleak

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without hope or encouragement

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profuse

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made or done freely and abundantly

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extant

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in existence, still existing

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contentious

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causing, involving, or characterized by argument or controversy

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auspicious

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favorable

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enervate

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to sap the energy from

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equivocate

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to speak vaguely, usually with the intention to mislead or deceive

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ambivalent

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having mixed or conflicting emotions about something

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sedulous

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diligent in application or attention, persevering

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stem

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to hold back or limit the flow or growth of something

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blinkered

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to have a limited outlook or understanding

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check

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to stop the growth of something

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checkered

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marked by numerous and various shifts or changes

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raft

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inflatable boat -or- a large number of something

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involved

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complicated, difficult to comprehend

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retiring

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to be shy, to have the inclination to retract from company

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expansive

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communicative, prone to talking in a sociable manner

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moment

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significant, important

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base

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without any moral principles

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imbibe

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to drink -or- an intake of knowledge or information

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inundate

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to flood, overwhelm

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scintillating

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animated, vivacious -or- someone who is brilliant and lively

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benighted

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overtaken by darkness or night -or- intellectually or morally ignorant, unenlightened

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galvanize

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to coat -or- to excite to action or spur on

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hedge

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to play safely

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flush

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to be in abundance -or- to drive out of hiding

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fell

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to cut down a tree -or- terribly evil

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arch

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to be deliberately teasing

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tender

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to offer

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intimate

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to suggest something subtly

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wanting

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lacking

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becoming

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matches nicely

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start

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to suddenly move or dart in a particular direction

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fleece

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to deceive

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telling

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significant, stands out

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wax

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to increase

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qualify

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to limit (statement or opinion)

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miserly

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pinching every penny

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frugal

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spending money wisely

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prevaricate

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to speak in an evasive way

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histrionic

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to be be overly theatrical

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demur

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to object or show reluctance

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demure

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to be modest and shy (woman)

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beatific

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to radiate bliss

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perfunctory

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performed merely as a routine duty

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preemptive

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to act before someone else does

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peremptory

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bossy, domineering

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errant

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wandering, not sticking to a circumscribed path

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arrant

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complete and utter

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artful

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cunning, wily

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artless

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free from deceit or craftiness

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artifice

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trickery, craftiness, cunning

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expurgate

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to remove objectionable material

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expunge

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to wipe out or remove any trace of

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censure

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to express strong disapproval

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ponderous

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to be weighed-down, to move slowly and in a labored fashion

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imponderable

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impossible to estimate, fathom, or figure out

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belie

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the outward appearance does not match up with the reality, to contradict

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disinterested

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unbiased, neutral

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sententious

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moralizing (usually in a pompous sense)

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propitiate

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to appease

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feckless

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lazy, irresponsible

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tendentious

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having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose

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limpid

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clear in terms of express (writing or music)

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betray

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to reveal or make known something (usually unintentionally)

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