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PR Group 4 Flashcards

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Amenable

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Answerable/liable , responsible, willing or obedient
Citizens amenable to the law
The data is amenable to analysis
M amenable to spend ing more time at home
Even our nations highest leaders must remain amenable to the law

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Acerbic

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Acidic, acid in temper, mood, tone
Witty but intended to hurt feelings
A stream of acerbic comments
Acerbic reviewer - Prof Beck

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Balky

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Disobedient

Our balky dog becomes amenable when confronted by Papi

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Astringent

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Causing contraction of soft tissues
Pungent, caustic
Dry, astringent comments

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Contiguous

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Touching or connecting

Contiguous row of houses

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Credulous

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Very gullible, easily fooled or cheated

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Desiccate

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Dry up
Drain of vitality
His prose desiccates what was actually a vibrant period of European history

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Dilettante

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Amateur in art

Many dilettante efforts seen at the sidewalk art show

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Divulge

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Disclose

He didn’t divulge the name of the winner

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Flout

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Scorn or ignore rule without trying to hide it
Flouting the rules
Flouting the law by parking in a disabled parking space

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Glib

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Showing little forethought or preparation 
Smooth but often deceitful 
Glib politicians 
Glib generalizations 
Glib portrayal of a drug addict
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Immutable

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Unable to be changed

An immutable law

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Impetuous

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Marked by impulse
N impetuous temperament
Impetuous air strikes

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Inimical

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Hostile, unfriendly
Forced inimical to democracy
Inimical factions
Inimical glare

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Intractable

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Not easily managed or solved

Intractable child who does the opposite of whatever he is told

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Intrepid

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Very bold and brave

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Maverick

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Doesn’t follow the customs, like an iconclast

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Mercurial

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Inconsistent

Mercurial temper

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Neophyte

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Novice

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Phlegmatic

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Having a slow temper,ant , apathetic, affectless

Strangely phlegmatic response to news that should have been happy

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Probity

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Character,integrity

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Proclivity

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An affinity
Tendency to do something that is usually bad
Why do many think that bblack people have a proclivity for crime?
He showed artistic proclivities at an early age

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Profligate

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Wildly extravagant
Profligate spending
many qataris lead a profligate life

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Quixotic

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Impractical, capricious

I began to see my dedication to learning Arabic as quixotic, given the fact that english is widespread

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Rarefy

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To make thin, porous

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

Theory of relativity abstruse

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Recondite

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Obscure
Recondite fact about the origin of St Patrick’s day
Recondite subject

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Refulgence

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Brightness, brilliance

The refulgence of a full moon on a clear autumn night

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Renege

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Refuse to do something that you promised to do
Gabriel promised to text me everyday, only to renege when work became too busy
I refuse to renege the principles by which I have lived my entire life, no matter what

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Soporific

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Causing sleep

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Tout

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Praise lavishly and excessively
Touted her new Michael kors purse
Statements from several patients touting the doctors alleged cure for cancer
georgetowns much touted arab studies program

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Trenchant

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Strong, clear, effective
Sharp
Clear cut, distinct
A trenchant analysis
Trenchant divisions between right and wrong
Even the most trenchant (sharp) sword cannot sever our bonds of loyalty
Even the most trenchant comments cannot affect her confidence
She offers a trenchant view of current conditions in the Middle East

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Unfeigned

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Not false

Sincere

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Untenable

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Not able to be defended
Not able to be occupied

Untenable city of Ain fell before ISIS forces
Untenable homes with a rare deadly mold

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Vacillate

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Fluctuate, oscillate, hesitate

He vacillated for so long someone else stepped in and made the decision

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Oscillate

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Vary, swing back and forth like a pendulum

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Vexation

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Irritation, affliction

He suppressed his rising vexation and answered as politely as he could

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Vituperate

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Scold, berate

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Litany

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Long list
Every week the priest would vituperate the parishioners for a litany of vices
She has a litany of problems whenever I chat with her

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Variegated

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Full of variety, distinct colors
Variegated fall leaves
Variegated outfits of the Qataris, western expats, and migrant workers who frequent Landmark Mall

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