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Practice Test Unknowns 1 Flashcards

1
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Scanty

A

small or insufficient in quantity or amount

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Didactic

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intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive

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Panegyrical

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a formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment, elaborate praise or laudation, an encomium

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banal

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drearily commonplace and often predictable, trite

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gauche

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lacking ease or grace, unsophisticated and socially awkward

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sublime

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of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

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unstinting

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given or giving without restraint

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avarice

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extreme greed for wealth or material gain

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fatuous

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silly and pointless

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teratoid

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malformed, abnormal in form or development

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felicitious

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well chosen or suited to the circumstances

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decorous/decorum

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in keeping with good taste and propriety, polite and restrained (decorum)

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capricious

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given to sudden and unaccountable changes in mood or behaviour

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reticence

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reserved, restraint, reluctance

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diffidence

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modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

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propriety

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the state or quality of conforming to conventionally accepted standards of behavior or morals

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facile

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appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue (superficial, simplistic), effortless easily achieved

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doughty

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brave and persistent

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tyro

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a beginner or novice

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expiate

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atone for (guilt or sin)

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sedulous

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of a person or action showing dedication and diligence

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coruscating

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flashing, sparkling

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preclude

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prevent from happening, make impossible

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preternatural

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beyond what is normal or natural, phenomenal, inexplicable, unusual etc.

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consonant

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in agreement with something

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edifying

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providing moral or intellectual instruction

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mendicate

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to beg

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allay

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diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion or worry)

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cadge

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ask for or obtain

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anodyne

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not likely to provoke dissent or offense or a painkilling drug or medicine

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monocoque

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type of construction in which the outer skin carries all or a major part of the stress (type of vehicle construction)

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pavonine

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or of like a peacock

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parietal

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of relating to, attached to, or denoting the wall of the body or of a body cavity or hollow structure

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saturnine

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slow and gloomy

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cauterized

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make less sensitive to feelings and emotions

36
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inured

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accustomed to something (especially unpleasant)

37
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ossified

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turn into bone or cease developing (turn rigid)

38
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noisome

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having an extremely offensive smell, disagreeable unpleasant

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specious

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superficially plausible but actually wrong

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venerable

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accorded a great deal of respsect

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eschew

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deliberately avoid using, abstain from

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reticence

A

reluctance

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repudiation

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rejection of a proposal or idea

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tribulation

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unhappiness, pain suffering, distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution

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verisimilar

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having the appearance of truth, depicting realism

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quiescent

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in a state or period of inactivity or dormancy

47
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atavistic

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relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral

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august

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respected and impressive

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mephitic

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foul smelling, noxious

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recondite

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little known, abstruse (obscure, arcane)

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arcane

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understood by few, mysterious and secret

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redolent

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strongly reminiscent or suggestive of something (also fragrant or sweet smelling)

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exscind

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to cut off or out

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droll

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curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement

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obloquy

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strong public criticism or verbal abuse (disgrace)

56
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obfuscate

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render obscure, unclear or unintelligible

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evince

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reveal the presence of (a quality of feeling)

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venal

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showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery

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adroit

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clever or skillful in using the hands or mind

60
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burke

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to murder by suffocation

61
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fete

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a celebration or festival - to honor or entertain lavishly

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beguiling

A

charm or enchant sometimes in a deceptive way

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