Mindfish 2 Flashcards by Hannah Panda

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Complacent

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Over-confident; smug and self-satisfied; lacking effort.

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Commiserate

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To express sorrow for; to have compassion for.

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Complicit

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Participation or association with a wrongful act.

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Perfidy

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Deceitfulness; untrustworthiness.

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Indigence

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A state of extreme poverty.

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Ossify

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To cease developing; to become stagnant.

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Jingoism

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Extreme patriotism.

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Streamlined

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To make more efficient or faster by employing better methods.

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Comprehensive

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Thorough; all-inclusive.

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Compunction

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Hesitation to do something.

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Confluence

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A point where things meet up (like two rivers).

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Congeal

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To thicken.

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Conjecture

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Theory; hypothesis.

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Connoisseur

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Expert; someone who possesses a great knowledge of something

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Consternation

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Amazement or dismay that causes confusion.

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Contentious

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Eager to argue.

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Corroborate

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To strengthen; to confirm.

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Corrode

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To destroy

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Corrugated

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Wrinkled; ridged.

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Cosmetic

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Democratize; superficial; done on the surface.

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Credulity

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Gullibility; naïveté.

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Cryptic

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Secret; mysterious.

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Culpable

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Deserving blame; guilty.

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Cursory

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Hasty; superficial.

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Curtail

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To shorten; to reduce.

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Daunt

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To discourage.

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Decorum

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Good taste; propriety.

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Deference

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Willingly agreeing to someone else’s wishes.

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Degradation

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Humiliation.

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Delineate

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To show; to describe.

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Denizen

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Inhabitant.

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Deplore

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To regret; to disapprove of.

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Depose

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To dethrone; to remove from power.

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Deprecate

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To protest against.

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Dessicate

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To dry up.

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Diatribe

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Bitter piece of writing.

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Diffidence

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Shyness.

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Diffident

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Hesitant; distrustful; shy.

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Dilatory

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Delaying; taking up one’s time; slow to act.

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Dilettante

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Someone who loves the arts.

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Diminution

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Lessening; reducing in size.

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Discordant

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Conflicting; not agreeing.