Quiz Bank Words Flashcards
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Abrogate
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Repeal or to do away with or abolish
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Denominate
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Call/ name ; be expressed in a specific monetary unit
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Pejorative
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Having a disparaging derogatory or belittling effect
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Substantiation
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Support/ evidence
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Concurrence
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Agreement
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Cupidity
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Greed or excessive desire to possess something
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Wizened
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Shrunken or wrinkled with age
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Sojourn
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A short trip
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Sedation
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A state of calm
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Insolent
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Disrespectful
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Nonplussed
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At a loss
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Disconsolate
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Inconsolable
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Hemicircle
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Semicircle form
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Malaise
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Illness
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Immure
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To imprison
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Effluent
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Wastewater
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Ramparts
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Fortifications
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Hauteur
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Haughtiness
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Cynosure
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Center of attention
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Insouciance
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Carefree
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Categorical
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Clear and direct
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Recondite
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Obscure
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Protracted
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Extended
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Reviled
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Abused verbally
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Licentious
Immoral
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Amity
Friendship
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Deferential
Respectful/ polite
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Malinger
To fake an illness in order to escape work
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Depose
Overthrow
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Systemic
Pertaining to the whole
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Provisional
Conditional
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Lucrative
Financially profitable
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Fixtures
Sources
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Hedges
Evasions / excuses
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Raucous
Harsh or rowdy
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Portent
Omen
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Auspicious
Promising success, fortunate
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Augural
Predictive
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Rapport
Positive connection
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Buoyed
Raised
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Admonish
To advise or to scold
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Abstemiously
Characterized by moderation
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Described
Discovered
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Ascertained
Verified
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Envisaged
Visualized
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Nondescript
Vague or unclear
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Temporal
Material/ worldly
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Secular
Not dealing with religion/ material/ worldly possessions
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Elucidatory
Clarifying
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Desultory
Lacking in consistency/ unconnected with the main subject
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Vitiate
Morally corrupt
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Arresting
Shocking
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Uncouth
Vulgar
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Untenable
Incapable of being defended
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Insuperable
Insurmountable
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Mellifluous
Honeyed
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Anathema
Abomination
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Temperate
Moderate
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Dubious
Questionable
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Predestined
Predetermined
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Machination
Intrigue
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Droll
Amusing
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Salacious
Lustful
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Lecherous
Lustful
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Aggrieved
Troubled
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Cerebral
Intellectual
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Jocund
Cheerful
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Cajole
Coax
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Malevolent
Wishing harm on others or evil
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Indelible
Permanent
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Incorrigible
Bad beyond correction or reform
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Denigration
Defamation
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Retribution
Vengeance
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Supplications
Humble requests
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Gaffes
Errors
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Multianimous
Multifaceted
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Sabbatical
Leave of absence
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Liaison
Meeting
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Jejune
Childish, immature, boring
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Obsolescence
Outdated
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Idiomatic
Filled wig idioms (dialectical sayings)
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Paradigmatic
Exemplary
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Hectoring
Harassing
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Adjured
Begged or commanded
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Presentiment
A feeling of anticipation over a future event
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Supposition
Assumption
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Aegis
Guidance/ protection
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Cursory
Hasty/ superficial
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Penultimate
Next to last
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Vilipended
Disparaged
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Latent
Undeveloped
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Beguiling
Appealing or pleasant
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Efficacious
Effective or helpful
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Nefarious
Evil
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Apostasies
Renunciations of faith
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Restive
On edge
