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Part 3 (121-180) Flashcards

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Metamorphose

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To change into a different physical form especially by supernatural means.

transfigure, transform, transmute, transpose.

Na.

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Mettle

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Vigor and strength of spirit or temperament.

Fortitude, tenacity, potency, grit.

Puniness, timidity, tenderness, weakness.

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Nadir

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The lowest point.

Bedrock, rock bottom, zero.

Peak, pinnacle.

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Perigee

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The point nearest a planet or satellite reached by an object orbiting it.

Periapsis.

Apoapsis.

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Truculent

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Eager or quick to argue or fight.

Antagonistic, asssaultive, bellicose, brutal, brutal, vitriolic.

Amiable, paciifc, tame.

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Poignant

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Painfully affecting the feelings.

Emotional, impactful, impressive, passionate, stirring.

Unaffecting, unemotional, unimpressive, cheerful.

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Precarious

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Not surely held or in position

Insecure, treacherous, uncertain, dangerous, grave, hazardous.

Advantageous, beneficial, good, ultrasafe.

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PRECEPT

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A command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action.

Axiom, tenet, ordinance, statute.

Na

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PRECIS

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A Concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts.

Abstract, synopsis, abridgement.

Amplification, enlargement, expansion.

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PROVIDENT

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Making provision for the future.

Economical, economizing, frugal, scrimping, sparing.

Myopic, shortsighted, heedless.

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Disparate

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Markedly distinct in quality or character.

Different, dissimilar, distinct.

Identical, kin, kindred.

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Eloquent

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Marked by forceful and fluent expression.

Articulate, fluent, silver-tongued, well-spoken.

Inarticulate, mute, speechless.

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Resolute

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Marked by firm determination.

Intent, purposeful, resolved, single-minded.

Distrustful, mistrustful, skeptical.

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Pundit

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A person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner.

Sage, Savant, scholar.

Fool, half-wit, idiot.

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Solder

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Something that unites.

na

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Sophistry

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Subtly deceptive reasoning or augmentation.

Deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dishonesty.

Genuineness, credibility, honesty, trustworthiness, truthfulness.

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Sophomoric

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Lacking in maturity, taste, or judgment.

Naive, reckless.

experienced, professional.

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Salient

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Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.

Outstanding, arresting, brilliant, conspicuous, stiking.

Subtle, faint, obscure.

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Striated

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Having long, thin lines, marks, or strips of colour.

Streaked, banded, polychromatic.

Pale, pallid.

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Sundry

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Including many things of different kinds.

Various, different, diverse.

Same, single.

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Supplicant

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humble person.

petitioner, pleader, solicitor.

na.

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Tawdry

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Cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality.

Crude, dirty, flaring, flashy.

Nice, sophisticated, tasteful.

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Tremulous

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Of a timid disposition.

Fainthearted, fearful, timid, tremulous.

adventuresome, adventurous, audacious, bold.

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Travesty

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A debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation.

Farce, mockery, parody, caricature.

Seriousness, solemnity.

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Turgid

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being in a state of distension.

Blown, distended, overinflated, puffed, swollen.

Reserved, self-effacing, simple.

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Umbrage

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Feeling of pique or resentment, shady branches, shade, reason for doubt.

Offense, resentment, pique, huff.

Contentment, gratification, appeasement, mollification.

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Untoward

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Marked by trouble, not favourable, improper.

Balky, unruly, restive.

Amenable, docile, comfortable.

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Toady

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One who flatters in the hope of gaining favors.

Sycophant, apple-polisher, lackey, minion.

Na.

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Torrid

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Giving off intense heat, passionate, ardent.

Broiling, fiery, scalding, fervent, ardent.

Bitter, cold, frozen, impassive, dispassionate.

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Venerate

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To regard, respect, honor.

Revere, worship, adore, glorify.

Offend, dishonor, affront.

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Veritable

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True, real, factual.

Authentic, genuine.

Dubious, equivocal, questionable.

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Turbid

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Opaque as if with roiled sediment, deficient in clarity/purity.

Obscure, muddy, unclear.

Clear, crystalline, lucid.

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Enervate

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To reduce the mental, physical, or moral vigor.

Disable, fatigue, exhaust, debilitate, sap.

Refresh, strengthen, empower.

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Volubility

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Fluency, eloquence.

Loquacity, verbosity.

Taciturnity, silence, muteness.

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Waft

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To move lightly.

Drift, float, glide, meander, progress.

Settle, sink.

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Equivocate

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Use ambiguous language to hide the truth.

Fudge, waffle, weasel.

Na.

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Waver

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To vacillate irresolutely between choices: fluctuate in opinion, allegiance or direction.

Falter, hesitate, vacillate.

Decide, persist, remain.

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Exigent

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Requiring immediate aid of action.

Demanding, extreme, immediate, insistent.

Incidental, minor, negligible, trivial.

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Ameliorate

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To make better or more tolerable.

Relieve, mitigate, improve.

Damage, aggravate, worsen.

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the usual or natural type.

Abnormal, anomalous, atypical.

Normal, ordinary, typical.

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Solicitous

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Manifesting or expressing.

Attentive, considerate, kind, thoughtful, ardent.

Heedless, inconsiderate, thoughtless.

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Censure

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A judgement involving condemnation to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy.

Condemn, denounce, rebuke.

Cite, commend, endorse.

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Magnanimity

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The quality of showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit.

Chivalry, philanthropy.

Meanness, selfishness.

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Nebulous

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In the form 0f a cloud or haze, vague or a ill-defined concept.

Arcane, cryptic, obscure, murky.

Fathomable, lucid, pellucid.

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Obtuse.

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Slow to comprehend

Blunt, dull.

Honed, keen, pointed.

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Obtuse.

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Slow to comprehend

Blunt, dull.

Honed, keen, pointed.

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Prescience.

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Foreknowledge of events, divine omniscience.

Foreknowledge, foresight, foreboding, premonition, presage.

Myopia, short-sightedness.

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Tortuous

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Marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns.

Curvy, devious, serpentine, sinuous, twisted, meandering, circuitous.

Straight, straightaway.

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Voracious

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Having a huge appetite.

Gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, ravenous, avid, rapacious.

Full, satisfied, quenched.

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Sporadic

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Occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances.

Intermittent, desultory, choppy, discontinuous, episodic.

Continuous, habitual, periodic, pegular.

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Abscond

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To leave hurriedly

Escape, flee, bolt.

Remain, stay, wait.

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