Mix 2 Flashcards

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Abhor

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To hate very very much; to detest

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Abject

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Hopelessness, extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out

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Abnegate

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To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce

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Abortive

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Unsuccessful

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Belabor

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To go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent

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Beleaguered

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To surround; to besiege; to harass

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Belie

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To give a false impression of; to contradict

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Belittle

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To make to seem little; to put someone down

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Candor

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Truthfulness; sincere honesty

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Capitulate

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To surrender; to give up; to give in

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Capricious

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Unpredictability; likely to change at any moment

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Castigate

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To criticize severely; to chastise

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Debilitate

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To weaken; to cripple

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Decadent

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Decaying-especially in morals

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Decimate

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To kill or destroy a large part of

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Decorous

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Proper; in good taste; orderly

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Efface

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To erase; to rub away the features of; self-efficacy(modest)

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Effusion

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A pouring forth

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Egalitarian

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Believing in the social and economical equality of all people

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Egregious

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Extremely bad; flangrant

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Farcical

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Absurd; ludicrous

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Fastidious

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Meticulous; demanding; finicky

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Fatalist

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Someone who believes that future events are determined and humans are powerless

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Fatuous

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Foolish; silly; idiotic

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Grandiloquent
Pompous; using big fancy words to sound impressive
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Grandiose
Absurdly exaggerated
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Gratuitous
Given freely; unjustified; unprovoked; uncalled for
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Gregarious
Sociable; enjoying the company of others
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Hegemony
Leadership-especially of one nation over another
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Heresy
Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs
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Hermetic
Impervious to external influence; airtight
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Hiatus
Break or interruption-usually from work
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Ignominy
Deep disgrace
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Illicit
Illegal; not permitted
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Imminent
Just about to happen
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Immutable
Unchangeable
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Languish
To become weak, listless, depressed
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Largess
Generous giving of gifts; generosity; philanthropy
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Latent
Present but not visible; potential
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Laud
To praise; to applaud; to extol; to celebrate
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Malfeasance
An illegal act-especially by a public official
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Malfinger
To pretend to be sick to avoid work
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Malleable
Easy to bend/shape
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Mandate
Command/authorization to do something; will of voters express from an election
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Nihilism
Belief that there are no values or morals
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Nominal
Insignificant; in name only
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Noxious
Harmful; offensive
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Nuance
Subtle difference or distinction
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Obscure
Unknown; dark; hard to understand
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Obsequious
Fawning; sucking up to; subservient
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Obtuse
Insensitive; blockheaded
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Officious
Annoyingly eager to help or advise
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Paltry
Insignificant; worthless
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Panacea
Something that cures everything
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Paradigm
A model/example
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Parochial
Narrow or confines point of view; provincial
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Rebut
To contradict; to argue in opposition; to prove to be false; refute
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Recalcitrant
Stubbornly defiant of authority/control; disobedient
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Recant
To publicly take back/deny; openly confess error
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Reciprocal
Mutual/share/interchangeable; return in kind
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Salient
Conspicuous; sticking out; leaping
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Salutary
Healthful; remedial; curative
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Sanctimonious
Pretending to be devout; affecting religious feeling
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Sanguine
Cheerful; optimistic; hopeful
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Tantamount
Equivalent to
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Tautological
Redundant; circular
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Temerity
Boldness; recklessness; audacity
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Temperate
Mild; moderate; restrained
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Unwitting
Not aware; ignorant; unintentional
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Urbane
Poised; sophisticated; refined
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Usurp
To seize wrongfully
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Utilitarian
Pragmatic; stressing usefulness/utility above other qualities
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Venerate
To revere; to treat something holy-especially because of great age
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Veracity
Truthfulness
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Verbose
Using too many words; circumlocutory
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Verisimilitude
Looking like the real thing; similarity to reality; appearance of truth