Panda 100 words (1) Flashcards

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Erratic

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Unpredictable, inconsistent, irregular

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Secluded

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Hard to reach, hidden away

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Fluctuate

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To rise and fall irregularly

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Exalt

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To praise, to worship

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Admonish

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To warn or scold someone

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Abrupt

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Sudden, unexpected, without warning

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Content

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Satisfied

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Eccentric

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Uncommon, strange

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Mired

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Stuck in mud

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Colloquial

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Used in casual conversation

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Reconcile

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Settle one’s differences, make compatible, bring back to peace

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Alienate

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To cause someone to feel isolated or lonely

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Distinguish

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To tell the difference between

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Adequate

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Sufficient, enough, acceptable

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Contend

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1) To deal with someone or something 2) To claim or state a belief confidently

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Skeptical

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Having doubts

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Enfranchise

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To give the right to vote

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Sophisticated

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1) Having a lot of worldly experience and knowledge 2) Complicated

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Radical

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1) Thorough, complete, extensive 2) Fundamental, essential 3) Revolutionary, extreme

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Formulate

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To create or think up

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Attest

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To confirm or verify

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Vexing

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Annoying, irritating

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Unassuming

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Humble, low-key

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Coerce

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To pressure or force someone to do something

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Adept

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Very skilled at something

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Eloquent

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Fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing

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Austere

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Plain and without decoration, comforts, or anything extra

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Dread

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To fear, be afraid of

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Inevitable

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Unavoidable

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To Stress

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To emphasize

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Spawn

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To produce, generate, or create

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Renounce

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To give up, deny, or surrender something

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Unprecedented

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Never done or known before

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Broach

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To bring up a difficult subject for discussion

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Proxy

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A person authorized to act on behalf of another; substitute

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Detrimental

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Harmful, damaging

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Secular

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Having no religious or spiritual basis

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Innovative

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New and different

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Tangible

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Real and able to be shown or touched

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Disseminate

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To spread widely (particularly information)

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Delegate

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To assign a task to another person

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Apparent

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Clearly visible or understood; obvious

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Postulate

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To suggest or propose something

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Speculate

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To guess, to form a theory without firm evidence

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Bazaar

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A market selling a large variety of goods

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Sporadic

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Scattered, irregular, unpredictable

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Incredulous

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Unwilling or unable to believe something

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Idealistic

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Unrealistically aiming for perfection

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Conflate

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To mix or combine into one (typically ideas)

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Paucity

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Poverty, scarcity

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Ephemeral

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Temporary, short-lived

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Prompt

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To cause (someone) to take a course of action

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Reverence

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Deep respect for someone or something

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Disparity

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A great difference

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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by strong emotion, fair-minded

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Phenomenon

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A noteworthy occurrence or situation

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Boast

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To brag, to show off

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Irksome

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Irritating, annoying

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Allude

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To suggest or call attention to indirectly, to make a reference to something

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Omnipotence

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Having unlimited or great power

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Provoke

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To cause a reaction or emotion (usually anger); to trigger

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Indulge

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To allow oneself to enjoy the pleasure of

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Entrenched

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Firmly established and unlikely to change

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Inherent

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Built-in, existing in something as a permanent or essential characteristic

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Vernacular

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Everyday informal language, local dialect

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Inquisition

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Interrogation, questioning

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Anecdote

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A short personal story

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Malign

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Evil in nature, harmful

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Anomaly

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Oddity, something that is not normal

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Inhibit

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To hold someone or something back, to suppress, to prevent

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Mutable

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Changeable

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Petty

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1) Of little importance 2) Caring too much about trivial matters

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Avid

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Passionate about something

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Invoke

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To call on or refer to something

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Imprudent

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Foolish, reckless

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Tenacity

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Persistence, determination

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Venerable

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Authoritarian

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Enforcing strict obedience to authority

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Quarrel

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An angry argument or disagreement

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Yield

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1) To produce or generate (a result) 2) To surrender

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings

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Endeavor

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To try hard to do something

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Insurrection

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A violent uprising or rebellion

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Contemplate

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To think about for a long time

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Compel

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To force someone to do something

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Feasible

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Possible to do easily or conveniently

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Conjecture

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An opinion or conclusion that is unproven, a guess

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal impulse, rather than any reason or system

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Reinforce

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To make stronger

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To Temper

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To serve as a neutralizing or counterbalancing force to something

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Decree

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An official order or command

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Brevity

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Concise use of words in writing or speech

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Equivocal

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Open to more than one interpretation; unclear

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Stronghold

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A place that is strongly defended, a fortress

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Conceive

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To form or create a plan or idea

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Vanity

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Excessive pride in one’s own appearance or achievements

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Sluggish

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Slow-moving

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Intuition

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Instinct, the ability to understand something immediately

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Inexorable

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Impossible to stop or prevent