Majortest Flashcards by Adilbek Jetibay | Brainscape

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Preeminent

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Famous; outstanding

Exp: world’s preeminent expert

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Unalloyed

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Undiluted; total

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Analgesic

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Medicine to combat pain

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Caucus

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Type of private political meeting

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Exposition

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Clear explanation

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Incessant

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Without stopping

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool; storm in the ocean

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Palatable

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Good to eat; agreeable

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Prerogative

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Right or privilege

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Savant

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Person with knowledge

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Unctuous

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Oily; using excessive flattery

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Detrimental

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Harmful

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Extol

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Praise

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Incipient

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Just beginning

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Magnanimous

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Generous; big-hearted

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Palisade

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Fence made of posts (fence-забор)

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Prescient

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Having fore-knowledge

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Scale

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To climb

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Anarchy

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Chaos; lack of government

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Cavalcade

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Procession of vehicles

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Devoured

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Greedily eaten/consumed

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Extradite

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Deport from one country back to the home country

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Magnate

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Powerful businessman

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Palliative

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A remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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Presentiment

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A feeling that something might happen

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Scapegoat

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Person on whom blame is placed for faults of others

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Underscore

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Emphasize

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Overwrought

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Worked up; in an emotional state