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Word Smart 5th Edition > Quick Quiz #4 > Flashcards

Quick Quiz #4 Flashcards

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

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Desultory

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Without purpose

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Dextrous

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Skillful

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Dialectical

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Relating to discussions

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Dictum

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Authoritative saying

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Didactic

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Intended to reach

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Diffident

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Timid

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Digress

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Stray from main subject

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Dilettante

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Amateur

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Discern

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Have insight

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Discreet

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Prudent

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Discrete

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Unconnected

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Indiscrete

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Not seperated

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Discriminate

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Differentiate

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Disdain

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Arrogant scorn

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Disinterested

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Not taking sides

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Disparate

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Incompatible

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Disseminate

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Spread seeds

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Dissipate

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Thin out

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Dissolution

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Disintegration

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Distend

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Swell

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Distinguish

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Tell apart

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Docile

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easily taught

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Doctrinaire

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Committed to a theory

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Dogmatic

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Arrogantly assertive

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Dogma

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Firmly held system of ideas

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Domestic

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Of the household

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Dormant

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Inactive

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Dubiety

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Uncertainty

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Duplicity

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Double-dealing

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Ebullient

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Bubbling with excitement

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Eccentric

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Not conventional

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Eclectic

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Drawn from many sources

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Edify

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Enlighten

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Efface

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Erase

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Effusion

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Pouring forth

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Egalitarian

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Believing in social equality

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Egocentric

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Selfish

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Egotist

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Self-obsessed

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Egregious

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Extremely bad

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Elicit

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Elliptical

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Elusive

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Hard to pin down

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Emigrate

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Move from a country

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Immigration

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Moving into a country

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Eminent

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Well-known

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Empirical

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Relying on experience

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Emulate

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Strive to equal

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Encroach

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Endemic

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Enervate

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Reduce the strength

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Enfranchise

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Grant voting rights

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Disfranchise

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Remove voting rights

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Engender

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Cause to exist

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Enigma

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Enormity

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Extremely evil

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Epigram

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Brief, witty saying

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Epigraph

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Apt quotation

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Epitaph

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Inscription on a gravestone

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Epithet

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Characterizing term

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Epitome

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Brief summary

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Equanimity

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Equitable

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Equivocal

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Intentionally confusing

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Equivocate

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Say confusing things

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Erudite

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Esoteric

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Espouse

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Ethereal

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Euphemism

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Inoffensive substitute term

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Evanescent

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Exacerbate

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Make worse

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Exacting

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Extremely demanding

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Exalt

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Raise high

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Exasperate

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Annoy thoroughly

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Exemplify

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Illustrate by example

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Exhaustive

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Exhort

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Urge strongly

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Exigency

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Existential

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Having to do with existence

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Exonerate

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Free from blame

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Expatriate

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Throw out of native land

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Expedient

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Immediately advantageous

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Expedite

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Explicit

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Clearly expressed

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Extol

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Praise highly

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Extrapolate

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Extricate

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Free from difficulty

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Extrovert

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Outgoing person

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Introvert

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Inwardly directed person

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Exult

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Fabrication

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Facetious

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Facile

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Superficially skillful

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Faction

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Group with a cause

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Farcical

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Fastidious

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Meticulous

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Fatalist

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One who believes in fate

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