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Part 3 Flashcards

1
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Condone

A

To forgive or approve

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2
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Placate

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make less angry

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3
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Implacable

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Harsh, rent less

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4
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Placid

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Calm, easy going

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5
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Complacent

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Self Satisfied

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6
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Taciturn

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Unwilling to engage in conversation

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7
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Taceo

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to be silent

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8
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Tacit

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Unspoken, unsaid, non-verbalize

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9
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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

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10
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Laconic

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Saying less but meaning much

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11
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Inarticulate

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unable to express one’s idea or feelings clearly or easily

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12
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Incoherent

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not convincing

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13
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Articulus

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to joint

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14
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Garrulous

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Talkative

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15
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Loquacious

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tending to talk a great deal, talkative

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16
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Loquor

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To speak

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17
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Soliloquy

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A speech of oneself, talking to yourself

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18
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Ventriloquist

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seems that sound is coming from some source other than the person speaking

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19
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Colloquial

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Not formal or literary

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20
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Circumlocution

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talking around, expressing idea in a roundabout or indirect manner

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21
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Eloquent

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Fluent Speaker

22
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Magniloquent

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Use of high form, even pompous

23
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Pompous

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Show off

24
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Magnanimous

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great minded, having great heart

25
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Magnate

A

A person of great power

26
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Magnum

A

A large bottle of wine, champagne

27
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Magnumopus

A

The greatest work

28
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Opus

A

work

29
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Dorsum

A

Back

30
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Endorse

A

to back someone

31
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Dorsal

A

Back side

32
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Verbose

A

talking and talking using more words than necessary

33
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Verbatim

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Word for Word, copying word to word

34
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Verbiage

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Excessively lengthy or technical speech

35
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Voluble

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Rapid and Fluent talker

36
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Volvo/Volutus

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to role

37
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Cogent

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Clear, logical

38
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Vociferous

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to much noisy and forceful

39
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Vehement

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Intense, passionate

40
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Somniferous

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sleep inducing

41
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insomnia

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unable to sleep

42
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Somnolent

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Sleepy, Drowsy

43
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Somnilocuant

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talking in sleep

44
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Somnambulism

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Sleep walking

45
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Soporific

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Tending to induce drowsiness

46
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Banal

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unoriginal

47
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Berate

A

To criticizing or scolding severely

48
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Zephyr

A

a breeze

49
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Abrogate

A

to cancel, revoke

50
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Punitive

A

strict, severe

51
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Plebiscite

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opinion pole

52
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Recuperate

A

Recovered

Norman Lewis 1-47 (6 decks)

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