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Part 2 (61-120) Flashcards

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Disparage

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To express scornfully one’s low opinion of someone or something.

Belittle, dercy, denigrate, demean, deride.

Approve, endorse, recommend, sanction.

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Volatile

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Likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly.

Capricious, changeable, changeful, fickle, flickery.

Certain, changeless, constant, immutable, invariable.

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Acumen

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Quick, lean or accurate knowledge or insight.

Keenness, sagacity, sharpness, shrewdness, perspicacity.

Fatuity, brainlessness, dumbness, naiveness.

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Static

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Fixed in a place or position.

Immobile, nonmoving, standing, stationery.

Movie, movable, moving, nonstationary.

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Adulterate

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To reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients.

Contaminated, taint, debase.

Filtered, purified, refined.

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Pungent

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Having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor.

Nippy, sharp, strong, tangy, acrid.

Bland, mild, smooth.

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Perennial

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Having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish.

Abiding, ageless, continuing, dateless.

Antiquated, archaic, dated, obsolete, outdate.

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Spendthrift

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A person who spends improvidently or wastefully.

Extravagant, high-rolling, prodigal, profligate, squandering.

Conserving, economical, economizing, frugal, penny-pinching.

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Unfeigned

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Not feigned or hypocritical, absolutely genuine.

Heartfelt, sincere.

Affected, artificial, false, feigned, insincere.

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Insipid

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Lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate or challenge.

Bland, flat, flavorless, savorless, tasteless.

Flavorful, flavorsome, sapid, savory, tasteful.

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Vexation

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The act of harassing.

Aggravation, annoyance, bedevilment, botheration, bothering.

Delight, pleasure, mollify, appease.

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Malevolent

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Productive of harm or evil arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred.

Malicious, cruel, spiteful, hateful, wicked, sins.

Benevolent, benign, loving, unmalicious.

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates or disturbs humankind.

Cynic, naysayer, grouch, churl.

Optimist, positivist, idealist, sentimentalist.

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Prodigal

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Characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure. Reckless spendthrift.

Extravagant, high-rolling, profligate, spendthrift, squandering.

Stingy, stinging, tight, tightfisted.

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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful especially to avoid danger.

Alert, attentive, observant.

Absent, absentminded, abstracted, daydreaming, dazed.

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Profuse

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Exhibiting abundance.

Copious, galore, gushing, lavish, riotous.

Lacking, scarce, unsatisfactory, wanting.

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Queries

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Question by expressing doubt or to request information.

Distrust, doubts, dubieties, dubitations.

Assurance, beliefs, certainties, certitudes, confidences.

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Eccentric

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Deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways.

Bizarre, bizarro, cranky, crazy, curious.

Conformer, conformist, follower.

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Laud

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Praise highly.

Acclaim, applaud, credit, extoll.

Belittle, discommend, disparage.

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Transient

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Passing especially quickly into and out of existence.

Brief, deciduous, ephemeral, evanescent, flash.

Ceaseless, dateless, deathless, endless, enduring.

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Bestow

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confer or present an honor, gift or right.

Contribute, donate, vest.

Refuse, withhold, usurp, withdraw.

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Luminous

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Emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused or glowing light.

Brilliant, candescent, radiant, dazzling, effulgent.

Dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant.

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Refute

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To prove wrong by argument or evidence, show to be false or erroneous.

Contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow.

Acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede.

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plummet

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To drop sharply and abruptly.

Crash, crater, decline, descend, dip, dove.

Arise, ascend, lift, mount, rise.

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Reverant

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Expressing or characterized by reverence.

Reverential, worshipful, devout, godly, venerable.

Blasphemous, desecrating, irreverent, profanatory, profane.

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Stupefy

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To astonish or shock someone.

Amaze, astonish, astound, bowl over, dumbfound.

Bore, clarify, enlighten.

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Adroit

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Having skill, cleverness, resourcefulness in handling situations.

Artful, deft, dexterous.

Amateurish, unskillful.

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Ascetic

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Practicing strict self-discipline typically for religious purposes.

Austere, authoritarian, flinty, spartan, abstainer.

Compromising, sybarite, forbearing.

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Antipathy

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A strong feeling of dislike.

Animosity, antagonism, abhorrence, opposition, hostility.

Amiability, amicability, friendliness.

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Boisterous

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Loud; noisy; lacking restraint.

Unruly, exuberant, uproarious.

Calm, hushed, noiseless, peaceful, placid.

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Cajole

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To obtain from someone by gentle persuasion; to coax through flattery.

Blandish, coax, wheedle, flatter, persuade.

Harass, nag, pester.

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Attenuate

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To weaken or make thinner; to reduce the severity.

Depreciate, depress, devaluate.

Appreciate, enhance, upgrade.

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Auspicious

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Suggesting that future success is likely; favorable.

Propitious, opportune.

Bleak, dark, desperate.

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Bane

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A source of harm or ruin.

Affliction, curse, nemesis, scourge.

Advantage, aid, assistance, relief, support.

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Chauvinist

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A blindly devoted patriot; an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite gender.

Jingoist, bigot, nationalist.

Internationalist, neutralist.

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Deposition

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A testifying especially before a court, an act of removing from a position of authority.

Dismissal, unseating, declaration.

Sublimation, upgradation, promotion.

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Derivative

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Something derived, lacking originality.

Secondary, secondhand, unoriginal, consequent.

Fundamental, non derivative, original, primary.

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Detraction

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A lessening of reputation caused by criticism.

Belittlement, denigration, deprecation, depreciation.

Aggrandizement, ennoblement, exaltation, exaltation, glorification, magnification.

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Digress

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To turn aside especially from the main subject of attention.

Deviate, stray, wonder, maunder.

Normal, conform, adhere.

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Dilatory

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Tending or intended to cause delay.

Snail-paced, snaillike, tardy, unhurried.

Prompt, expeditious, brisk, swift.

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Disaffect

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To alienate the affection.

Alienate, disgruntle, estrange.

Reconcile, conciliate, placate, pacify.

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Discomfit

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To put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment.

Beat, checkmate, foil, frustrate.

Foster, further, nurture, promote.

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Dissolution

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The act or process of dissolving or dismissing.

Disbandment, cessation, termination.

Unification, union, approval.

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Distension

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The act of distending or expanding unduly or abnormally.

Amplification, inflation.

Decrease, abatement, compressing, compression.

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Dynamo

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A forceful energetic individual.

Fireball, live wire, achiever, go-getter.

Dawdler, idler, loafer, lounger, trifler.

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Episodic

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Appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly.

Aperiodic, casual, catchy, choppy, discontinuous.

Constant, continuous, habitual, periodic, regular.

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Enormity

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An outrages, improper, vicious, or immoral act.

Atrociousness, atrocity, badness, depravedness, depravity, outrage.

Goodness, righteousness, virtuousness.

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time.

Flash, fleeting, short-lived, temporary.

Ceaseless, dateless, endless, eternal.

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Estimable

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Worthy of great respect.

Applaudable, commendable, creditable, laudable, meritorious.

Censurable, discreditable, illaudable, reprehensible.

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Forestall

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To prevent an anticipated event by taking advance action.

Obviate, preclude, prevent, stave off.

Abet, aid, assist.

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Garner

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To gather into storage.

Accumulate, amass, assemble, collect.

Dispel, disperse, dissipate, scatter.

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Idyll

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A simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment.

Frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, ploy.

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Forbearace

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Restraint and tolerance.

Fortitude, patience, endurance, tolerance.

Impatience, acquiescence, surrender.

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Guile

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Disguised deceit

Cunning, cunningness, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, deceit, craftiness.

Frankness, openness, plainness, ingenuity.

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Hallowed

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To make holy or set apart for holy use, to respect greatly.

Blessed, consecrated, sacralized, sanctified, revered.

Deconsecrated, desacralized, desanctified.

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Inherent

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Involved in the constitution or essential character of something.

Constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, intrinsic, innate.

Adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic.

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Inimitable

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Not capable of being imitated.

Unique, Distinctive, Idiosyncratic.

Ordinary, Mediocre, usual.

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Insensible

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Incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation.

Cold, senseless, unconscious, indifferent, unaware, oblivious.

Conscious, active.

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Insular

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Characteristic of an isolated people.

Petty, picayune, provincial, sctarian, small-minded, islolated, detached.

Liberal, open, open-minded, receptive, tolerant.

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Discordant

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Being at variance, disagreeing, Quarrelsome.

Cacophonous, dissonant, inharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical.

mellifluous, noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless.

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