PRecision Vocab Flashcards by Henry Roh | Brainscape

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Sharply critical or sarcastic

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Acerbic

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Exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell.

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Ambrosial

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Extremely outdated

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Antediluvian

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Severly strict in appearance

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Austere

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Logical

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Cogent

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Delicate and translucent

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Diaphanous

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Secretive

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Furtive

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Execissivly talkative

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Garrulous

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Inclined to tears

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Lachrymose

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To outline vaguely

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Adumbrate

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To raise objections or show reluctance

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Demur

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To free someone of a misconception

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Disabuse

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To free from blame

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Exculpate

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To sacrafice

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Immolate

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To make something difficult/confusing on purpose

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Obfuscate

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To wander/travel

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Peregrinate

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To summarize briefly

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Recapitulate

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State of doubt/puzzlement

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Aporia

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Process of merging

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Confluence

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A division between complte opposities

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Dichotomy

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Boredome

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Ennui

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Unable to be expressed in words

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Ineffability

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Indifference casually

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Insouciance

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The lowest point of something

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Nadir

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Nearness in space time or relationship

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Propinquinity

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Relating to the pleasing aspects of rural life

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Bucolic

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Intended to teach

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Didactic

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The study of interpretation

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Hermeneutics

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Clear and direct in the tought or expression

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Incisive

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Refeusal to change

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Intransigence

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At the point of death

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Moribund

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Having a fantasitical deceptive appearance

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Phantasmagoric

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Inducing sleep

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Soporific

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Acting releive pain

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Analgesic

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A change or variation in circumstances

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Vicissitude

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Needless repetition

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Tautology

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A strong verbal or written attack

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Polemic

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Enabling discovery through self learning

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Heuristic

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