Princeton 1-4 Review Flashcards
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Ennui
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Dissatisfaction due to boredom
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Alacrity
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Eager and enthusiastic willingness
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Equivocate
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Deceptive with ambiguous language
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Provident
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Making timely perpetration
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Exculpatory
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Free from blame
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Fulminate
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To protest
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Ingenuous
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Frank, lack sophistication
ingenious
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Magnanimity
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Generous
animosity
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Obtuse
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Lack sharp intellect
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Obviate
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To anticipate, make unnecessary
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Pean
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Hymn of praise
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Perfidy
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Treachery ( betrayal)
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Idle
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Without purpose
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Perspicacious
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Acutely perceptive
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Prattle
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Babble meaninglessly
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Prescience
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Foreknowledge
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Prevaricate
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To mislead, evasive
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Recant
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Retract
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Relegate
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Forcibly assign a lower place
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Squander
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To waste in spending irresponsibly
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Stupefying
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Amazed
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Virulent
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Hostile
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Voracious
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Insatiable appetite
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Waver
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Unsettle in opinion
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Asset
Approve or agree
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Tumultuous
Loud , noisy
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Dissension
Disagreement
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Accolade
Praise
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Ameliorate
Make better
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Avarice
Greed for wealth
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Complaisance
Willing to comply
| complacent
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Contentious
Quarrelsome (= contemptuous )
| #content or contented = happy
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Contrite
Regretful, penitent
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Forgo
To omit
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Demur
```
To oppose
(# demure = shy)
```
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Discretion
Cautious & inconspicuous
| Discreet # discrete
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Fallacy
Mistaken belief
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Furtive
Covert, surreptitious
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Sly
Cunning and deceitful
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Marshal
Arrange / assemble
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Incipient
Becoming apparent
| insipid
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Inveigle
Obtain though deception or flattery
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Odious
Evoke aversion
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Penurious
Poor
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Peruse
Examine carefully
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Pious
Reverent or devoted
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Primp
Tidy groom
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Prolific
Productive
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Quiescence
Motionless
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Iniquity
Immoral
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Venality
Can be bribed
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Supplant
Supersede
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Torpid
Dormant
(# turbid = murky)
(# turpitude= wickedness)
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Ubiquitous
Everywhere
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Derision
Contemptuous
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Sordid
Squalid
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Deprecate
Express disapprovale
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Acumen
Accurate judgment
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Archaic
Outdated
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Denounce
Publicly declare wrong
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Evanescence
Vanish
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Grandiloquence
Pompous expression
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Vapid
Dull
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Halcyon
Peaceful
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Hedonism
Pleasurable pursuit
| altruism
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Hegemony
Dominance
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Idolatrous
Devote excessively
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Inscrutable
Impossible to understand
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Impassive
```
No emotion
(# impassioned = great emotion)
```
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Trite
Overuse, lack originality
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Impunity
Immune FROM punishment
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Infelicitous
Inappropriate
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Singularly
Remarkable / noticeable
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Mendacity
Dishonest
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Destitution
Poor
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Ulterior
Beyond obvious
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Concede
To admit
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Concession
A thing yield/ granted
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Cession
Give up rights
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Pine
Yearn for / grow weak
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Languish
Grow weak
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Pith
Central part
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Prodigal
Wasteful , lavish
| prodigious
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Profuse
Abundant
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Rancorous
Resentment
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Querulous
Grumbling, peevish
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Repudiate
Deny the truth
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Spurious
Fake
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Counterfeit
Fake
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Subpoena
Testimony required by court order
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Superfluous
Exceed necessary
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Surfeit
Excessive
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Tenacity
Determination
| = pertinacious = tenacious
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Transient
Brief
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Amenable
Agreeable
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Anachronism
Out of place
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Astringent
Harsh
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Credulous
Gullible
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Desiccate
Dehydrate
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Disparage
Belittle ( # disparate= different)
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Divulge
Telling a secret
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Flout
Contempt for rules
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Glib
Superficial
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Immutable
Not change
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Impetuous
Hasty and rash
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Indifference
```
No bias
(= disinterested)
```
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Inimical
Harmful
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Maverick
Not good with group
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Profligate
Wasteful
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Quixotic
Impracticle
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Lofty
Impressive
| Ex. Lofty romantic ideas
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Quotidian
Commonplace, recurring
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Recondite
Obscure
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Refulgent
Shiny
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Renege
Commitment failed
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Sedulous
Diligent
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Soporific
Induce sleep
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Elusive
Difficult to achieve
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Trenchant
Sharp perceptive
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Untenable
Not viable or feasible
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Vacillate
Indecisive
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Vigilant
Alert
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Vituperate
Rebuke
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Berate
Scold
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Volatile
Changeable
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Abash
Embarrass
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Abject
Defeated
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Abstemious
Sparring
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Accede
To yield / agree
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Accrete
Increase by growth
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Anathema
Sth or someone loathed / a curse
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Ancillary
Subordinate
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Impudent
Not showing respect
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Impertinent
Not showing respect
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Brazen
Bold without shame
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Apostasy
Rejection of faith or loyalty
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Astute
Keen
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Belabor
Go over repeatedly
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Callow
Immature
| #callous=cruel attitude
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Chagrin
Humiliation
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Consummate
Perfect
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Contumely
Arrogance & rudeness
(#contumacious= disobedient)
(# tumult/ tumultuous= loud)
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Covet
Wish for
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Debacle
Collapse/ rout
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Debauchery
Intemperance
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Decorous
Good taste
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Deluge
A flood
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Deprecate
To express disapproval
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Doggerel
Comic
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Egregious
extremely bad
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Flagrant
Conspicuous or obviously offensive
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Epicure
Person with refine taste
| sinecure = position requiring no work
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Eschew
Avoid
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Shun
Avoid, or reject
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Exhort
To urge strongly
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Flag
Restrain
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Hamper
Hinder or impede
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Flippant
Disrespectful
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Foment
To stir up
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Instigate
Bring about
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Forebear
Refrain from / tolerance
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Fulsome
Insincere / offensively flattering
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Genial
Friendly
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Gratis
Free of charge
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Gratuitous
Given freely, unjustified
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Abstain
Restrain from
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Guile
Cunning
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Duplicity
Dishonest
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Hermetic
Airtight
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Idyllic
Happy/ picturesque
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Impugn
Call into question
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Ineluctable
Inescapable
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Inept
Incompetent
| #inapt= not suitable to circumstance
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Inexorable
Unavoidable
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Lament
To mourn
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Largess
Generosity
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Levity
Unseriousness
| flout= defy
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Frivolity
Offensive in sexual matter
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Licentious
Lascivious
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Magnate
Successful businessman
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Maxim
Old principle
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Noisome
Offensive / disgusting
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Noxious
Very unpleasant
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Nominal
Insignificant
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Concoction
Mixture of ingredients
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Patina
Surface discolouration
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Tart
Sharp in taste
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Presage
To portend
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Putative
```
Commonly accepted
(= repute # repudiate = reject)
```
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Quay
Pier
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Quintessential
Perfect example
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Redolent
Reminiscent
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Remonstrate
To protest
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Recompense
Compensate
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Replete
Fill
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Abounding
Exist in large numbers
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Reproach
To scold
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Reprobate
Sinful
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Depraved
Make someone immoral
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Respite
Period of rest
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Sanguine
Optimistic
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Temerity
Recklessness
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Turpitude
Wickedness
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Depravity
Mortally curupt
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Verdant
Cover in green plants/ inexperienced
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Vestige
A last trace
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Vitiate
Impair/ corrupt morally
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Wizened
Shrivelled
| = withered
