Magoosh Words Flashcards

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Expansive

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Open around others and inclined to talking

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Facetious

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Jesting, not serious

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Petty

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Overly concerned with insignificant matters

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Hauteur

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To be arrogant

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Vitriol

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Harsh and bitter criticism

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Dash

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Flair

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Ill behooves

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Not suitable or fitting

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Abrogate

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To repeal, overturn

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Promulgate

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To publicly declare

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Ebb

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To become less

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Sanction

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  1. Give official permission or approval for (an action)

2. Impose a penalty on

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Cleave

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  1. To separate

2. To hold together

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Respites

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Breaks from an unpleasant situation

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Spuriously

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In a way that is false or counterfeit

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Perfunctory

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Performed as a routine duty; hasty and supercial

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Scathing

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  1. Bitterly severe

2. Harmful, injurious, searing

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Mawkish

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Characterized by sickly sentimental; weakly emotional; maudlin

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Meek

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Timid

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Plucky

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Corageous

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Diffident

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Lacking confidence

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Hasty

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Rushed, without much thought

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Simpering

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Wearing a childish grin

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Snide

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Insulting, usually in an indirect way

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Derogative

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Insulting

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Belie

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Disguise, give a false impression of

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Subsume

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To include or absorb into

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Inimical to

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Hostile to

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Remiss

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Negligent

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Punctilious

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Overly concerned with the proper behavior or etiquette

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Legion

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Great in number

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Sparse

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Opposite of dense

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Immutable

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Cannot he changed

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Sartorial

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Related to clothing

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Frivolous

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Unimportant

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Inchoate

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Barely formed, embryonic

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Heretic

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Somebody who opposes the church

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Pan out

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Succeed

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Acommodating

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Willing to be flexible and compromise

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Debonair

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Courteous, gracious, having a sophisticated charm

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Stolid

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Not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive

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Relinquish

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Surrender territory, cede

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Fastidious

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Overly concerned with details

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Querulous

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Complaining in a whining manner

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Sullen

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Depressed, withdrawn

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Chivalrous

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A man who treats women corteously

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Petulant

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Irritable, peevish

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Eschewing

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Avoiding

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Cloistered

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Sheltered, cut off from others

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Largesse

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Generous bestowal of gifts

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Hackneyed

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Overused and trite

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(To play with) Abandon

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(To play) in an unrestrained fashion

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Deem

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To form or have an opinion; judge; think

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Found

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  1. Discover

2. Judge

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Churlish

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Lacking manners or refinement

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Incumbent

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Necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility

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Qualify

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To make less severe; to limit (a statement)

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Incense

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Make furious