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Practice Set 1 Flashcards

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Prosaic

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Dull, unimaginative

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Scanty

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Barely sufficient

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Infallible

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Unfailing in effectiveness or operation , absolute trustworthy

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Abjure

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Renounce upon an oath

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Renounce

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To give up or put aside voluntarily

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Befuddle

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To confuse as with glib statements or arguments

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Bemusement

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To bewilder or confuse

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Chagrin

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Feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation

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Nepotism

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Favoritism shown towards family ever in business or workplace

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Bestow

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To present as gift, confer , To put to use

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Sardonic

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Characterized by bitter or scornful derision, mocking, cynical

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Supercilious

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Haughtily disdainful, contemptuous

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Fatuous

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Foolish, inane

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Ribald

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Vulgar or indecent in speech, language

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Imprudent

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Unwise

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Bland

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Pleasantly gentle or agreeable, soothing

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Inconspicuous

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Not conspicuous

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Conspicuous

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Easily seen or noticed, observable

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Fraudulent

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Characterized by, involving or proceeding from fraud. Given to r using fraud, chwating

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Apocryphal

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Untrue

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Strident

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Making or having harsh sound, creaking, having shrill

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Mellifluous

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Sweetly or smoothly flowing, sweet sounding - mellifluous voice or tone

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Euphonic

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Agreeableness of sound, pleasant to the ears

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Recondite

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Dealing with very profound, difficult or abstruse matter, beyond ordinary knowledge

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Momentous

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A great or far reaching importance or consequence- a momentous day

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Precarious

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Dependent on circumstances beyond one’s control, uncertain

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Elusive

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Hard to express or define, eluding clear perception

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Demeanor

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Conduct, behavior,

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Mien

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Demeanor, bearing, - a man if noble mien

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Vindicated

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To clear as from accusation, suspicion, justify by argument and evidence

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Convalesce

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To recover from health and strength after illness

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Recuperating

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To recover From sickness

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Salubrious

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Favorable to or promoting health

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Reminiscent

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Awakening memories of something. , suggestive

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Phlegmatic

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Not easily excited to action or display of emotion, apathetic, sluggish

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Truculent

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Fierce, brutal, harsh

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Disquieted

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Lack of calm, peace, ease , uneasiness

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Ebullient

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Overflowing with fervor, excitement, enthu , bubbling up

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Timorous

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Full of fear, fearful

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Artful

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Deceitful, trickery

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Catholic

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Braid or wide ranging in tastes, interests

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Savory

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Pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell

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Encroach

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To advance beyond proper,established or usual limits

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Contemplated

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Observe or study thoughtfully, consider thoroughly

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Eschew

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Abstain

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Forwent

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To abstain, give up

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Curtail

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Cut short

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