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Sadlier Unit 14 Flashcards

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(adj) willing to follow advice or authority, tractable, submissive;
responsive; liable to be held responsible

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Amenable

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S: agreeable, compliant, docile

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Amenable

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A: unresponsive, resistant, recalcitrant

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Amenable

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(v) to scold sharply

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Berate

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S: chide, rebuke, reprove, reprimand

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Berate

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A: praise, compliment, pat on the back

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Berate

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(n) large-scale slaughter or loss of life

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Carnage

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S: butchery, bloodbath, massacre

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Carnage

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(adj.) too ready to believe, easily deceived

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Credulous

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S: gullible

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Credulous

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A: dubious, skeptical

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Credulous

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(n.) a rule, test; a standard of judgement or evaluation

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Criterion

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S: yardstick, touchstone, gauge, canon

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Criterion

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(v.) to use up as a result of spending or consumption; to diminish greatly

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Deplete

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S: exhaust, empty, drain, bankrupt

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Deplete

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A: replenish, refill, restock, resupply

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Deplete

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(v.) to expand on, write or talk at length or in detail; to move about freely

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Expatiate

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S: elaborate, enlarge, descant, wander, roam

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Expatiate

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A: sketch roughly, summarize, condense, adumbrate

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Expatiate

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(adj.) coming from the outside, foreign,; present but not essential,
irrelevant

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Extraneous

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S: incidental, extrinsic

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Extraneous

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A: intrinsic, relevant, pertinent, germane

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Extraneous

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(n.) the beginning, start, earliest stage of some process, institution, etc.

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Inception

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S: commencement, inauguration, outset

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Inception

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A: completion, conclusion, termination

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Inception

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(n.) a weakness or ailment (physical, mental, moral, etc.)

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Infirmity

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S: affliction, malady, defect

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Infirmity

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A: stimulating, mature

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Infirmity

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(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking in interest or substance immature, juvenile

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Jejune

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S: vapid, insipid, puerile, childish

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Jejune

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A: stimulating, mature

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Jejune

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(adj.) stubborn, unyielding

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Obdurate

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S: obstinate, adamant

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Obdurate

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A: yielding, tractable, flexible

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Obdurate

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(n.) a collection of diverse or miscellaneous items; a general mixture; petals mixed with spices for scent

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Potpourri

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S: hodgepodge, melange, farrago, medley

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Potpourri

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A: homogenous or uniform group

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Potpourri

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(adj.) showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)

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Precocious

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S: forward, gifted, advanced

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Precocious

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A: backward, retarded, slow

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Precocious

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(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel

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Sadistic

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S: brutal, vicious, inhuman, fiendish

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Sadistic

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A: masochistic, clement, humane, merciful

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Sadistic

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(adj.) self-righteous, characterized by moralizing; given to use of maxims or adages; saying much in few words, pithy

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Sententious

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S: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic

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Sententious

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A: discursive, diffuse, episodic

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Sententious

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(v.) to beg earnestly and humbly

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Supplicate

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S: plead, petition, implore, entreat

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Supplicate

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(n. ) an excess or overindulgence, as in eating or drinking, causing disgust
(v. ) to feed or supply with anything to excess

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Surfeit

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S: (n.) excess, glut; (v.) cloy, satiate

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Surfeit

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A: (n.) dearth, paucity, lack

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Surfeit

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(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked,; highly involved, complex; devious

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Tortuous

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S: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthine

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Tortuous

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A: direct, straight, straightforward

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Tortuous

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(adj.) swollen, bloated, filled to excess; overdecorated or excessive in language

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Turgid

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S: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown

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Turgid

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A: muted, understated, unadorned, austere

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Turgid

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