S_001_005 Flashcards
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abase
REFUSED TO ABASE HIMSELF : to reduce or lower, as in rank
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attribute
ATTRIBUTED HER SUCCESS TO HER PARENTS : ascribe, explain; give credit
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cryptic
CRYPTIC MESSAGE : mysterious; puzzling
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ebullient
THE GIRL’S EBULLIENT NATURE : showing excitement
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falter
HER COURAGE DID NOT FALTER : hesitate; stop short
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incite
INCITE A RIOT : arouse to action; goad; motivate
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lurid
LURID COVER STORIES : wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome
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pervasive
PERVASIVE ODOR : pervading; spread throughout
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remorse
FEEL REMORSE FOR HIS CRIME : guilt; self-reproach
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subside
STORM SUBSIDED : settle down; descend; grow quiet
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abridge
ABRIDGED DICTIONARY : shorten
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audacious
AUDACIOUS ATTEMPT : daring, bold
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cursory
CURSORY REVIEW : casual; hastily done
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eccentric
ECCENTRIC PERSONALITY : irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre
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fanaticism
RELIGIOUS FANATICS : excessive zeal
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inclusive
FROM 1 TO 10, INCLUSIVE : tending to include all
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luxuriant
LUXURIANT HAIR : abundant; rich and splendid
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pessimism
PESSIMISTIC VIEW OF LIFE : seeing the bad side only
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renounce
RENOUNCE HER BELIEFS : abandon; disown; repudiate
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substantiate
SUBSTANTIATE THE CLAIM WITH FACTS : establish by evidence; verify; support
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abstemious
ABSTEMIOUS EATING HABITS : moderate in eating and drinking
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austere
AUSTERE JUDGE : strict, stern
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curtail
CURTAIL THE PROGRAM (CURTAIL THE TAIL) : shorten; reduce
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eclectic
ECLECTIC RESEARCH : from many disparate sources
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fastidious
FASTIDIOUS DRESSER : difficult to please
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incongruous
INCONGRUOUS BEHAVIOR; INCONGRUOUS ATTIRE : not fitting; absurd
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magnanimous
MAGNANIMOUS PRIEST : generous; great-hearted
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phenomena
KEPT RECORDS OF THE PHENOMENA : observable facts
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repel
INSECT REPELLANT : drive away; disgust
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subtlety
SUBTLE HUMOR : perceptiveness; ingenuity; delicacy
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abstract
ABSTRACT NOUN : theoretical; difficult to understand
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authoritarian
AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT : exercising total control
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cynical
A CYNICAL WRITER : distrustful of human motives
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edify
EDIFY THE CHURCH MEMBERS : instruct, correct morally
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feasible
FEASIBLE PLAN : practical; workable; likely
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inconsequential
INCONSEQUENTIAL TO THE RESULT : insignificant; unimportant
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malicious
CINDERELLA’S MALICIOUS SISTERS : hateful; spiteful
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philanthropist
DONATION BY THE PHILANTHROPIST : lover of mankind
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replete
REPLETE WITH BOOKS : abundantly filled
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succinct
SUCCINCT ANSWER : brief; terse; compact
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abstruse
ABSTRUSE ESSAY : hard to understand; esoteric
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autonomous
50 AUTONOMOUS STATES : self-governing
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daunt
UNDAUNTED BY THE THREAT : intimidate
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efface
EFFACE THE GRAFFITI : rub out
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fell
LUMBERJACK FELLED THE TREE : cut or knock down
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incontrovertible
INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE : indisputable; not open to question
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marred
MARRED SURFACE OF THE TABLE : damaged; disfigured
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piety
PIETY OF THE NUNS : religious devotion; godliness
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reprehensible
REPREHENSIBLE ACTIONS OF THE TERRORISTS : deserving blame
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superficial
SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE OF GRAMMAR : trivial; shallow