Mindfish 1 Flashcards by Hannah Panda

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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.

Beguile

To mislead; to pass time.

Belie

To contradict.

Beneficence

Charity.

Beneficiary

Someone who is due to receive something.

Benign

Harmless.

Bequeath

To hand down; to give some inheritance.

Bereavement

Mourning (the life of someone).

Bleak

Cold; unlikely to be good.

Blighted

Destroyed.

Bucolic

Rural; relating to the countryside.

Bungle

To do things clumsily.

Capitulate

To surrender.

Carping

Finding fault; nit-picking.

Cataclysm

Catastrophe; something that brings great changes/destruction.

Cathartic

Healing.

Chicanery

Trickery.

Churlish

Difficult to work with; uncivilized; rude.

Cleave

To cut in two pieces; to stick to.

Coalesce

To blend; to merge.