Mindfish 1 Flashcards by Hannah Panda | Brainscape

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Absolutist

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Someone who believes in absolute (complete power).

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Abate

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To reduce; to out an end to.

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Absolve

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To free someone from blame or obligation.

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Abstemious

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Having the ability to show restraint/hold back.

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Abstruse

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Obscure; difficult to understand.

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Acrid

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Sharp (smell).

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Antediluvian

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Old-fashioned

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Antipathy

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Dislike.

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Aplomb

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Confidence; composure.

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Apocalyptic

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Relating to the end of the word, prophetic.

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Ardent

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Intense; passionate.

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Articulate

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Effective; well-spoken.

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Ascendancy

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Domination; control.

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Assiduous

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Very careful attention to detail.

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Astute

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Careful and smart.

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Atrophy

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To become useless; to decline/waste away.

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Attribute

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To explain.

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Austere

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Stern or cold; strict.

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Avant-garde

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New and unusually (esp art).

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Averse

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To be unwilling to/have distaste for something.

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Axiom

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A rule or a truth.

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Baroque

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Fancy and extravagant; relating to baroque time period.

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Barrage

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To bombard; to fill up/cover completely.

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Becalmed

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To calm; to soothe.

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Beguile

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To mislead; to pass time.

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Belie

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To contradict.

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Beneficence

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Charity.

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Beneficiary

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Someone who is due to receive something.

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Benign

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Harmless.

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Bequeath

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To hand down; to give some inheritance.

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Bereavement

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Mourning (the life of someone).

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Bleak

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Cold; unlikely to be good.

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Blighted

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Destroyed.

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Bucolic

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Rural; relating to the countryside.

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Bungle

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To do things clumsily.

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Capitulate

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To surrender.

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Carping

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Finding fault; nit-picking.

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Cataclysm

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Catastrophe; something that brings great changes/destruction.

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Cathartic

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Healing.

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Chicanery

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Trickery.

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Churlish

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Difficult to work with; uncivilized; rude.

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Cleave

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To cut in two pieces; to stick to.

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Coalesce

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To blend; to merge.