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Sadlier Unit 4 (11.06.2020) Flashcards

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(adj.) courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to

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Affable

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S: genial, amicable, agreeable, cordial

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Affable

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A: surly, cantankerous, dour, inhospitable

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Affable

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(v.) to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater

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Aggrandize

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S: augment, amplify, enhance, exalt

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Aggrandize

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A: reduce, decrease, diminish

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Aggrandize

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(adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character;
without organization, unity, or cohesion

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Amorphous

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S: formless, unstructured, nebulous, inchoate

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Amorphous

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A: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

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Amorphous

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(n.) that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality

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Aura

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S: ambience, atmosphere

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Aura

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(n.) illegal traffic, smuggled goods; (adj.) illegal, prohibited

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Contraband

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S: (adj.) illicit, bootleg, unlawful

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Contraband

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A: (adj.) legal, lawful, licit

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Contraband

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(adj.) scholarly, learned, bookish, pedantic

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Erudite

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S: profoundly educated, well-read

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Erudite

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A: ignorant, uneducated, illiterate

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Erudite

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(adj.) thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; (n.) a very thin, light cloth

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Gossamer

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S: (adj.) filmy, diaphanous, sheer, airy, feathery, gauzy

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Gossamer

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A: (adj.) thick, dense, solid, massive

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Gossamer

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(v.) to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply

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Infer

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S: gather, deduce, presume, guess, speculate

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Infer

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(adj.) incapable of being understood; impossible to see through

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Inscrutable

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S: impenetrable, incomprehensible, enigmatic

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Inscrutable

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A: comprehensible, intelligible, penetrable

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Inscrutable

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(adj.) relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience

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Insular

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S: narrow-minded, parochial, provincial

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Insular

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A: catholic, cosmopolitan, liberal

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Insular

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(adj.) incapable of being changed or called back

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Irrevocable

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S: irreversible, unrecallable, unalterable

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Irrevocable

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A: reversible, changeable

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Irrevocable

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(n.) a natural inclination or predilection toward

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Propensity

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S: natural bent, proclivity, penchant

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Propensity

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A: natural incapacity or inability

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Propensity

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(adj.) peevish, complaining, fretful

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Querulous

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S: petulant, touchy, cranky, irritable

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Querulous

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A: uncomplaining, stoical, serene, placid

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Querulous

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(v.) to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to

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Remonstrate

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S: reason against, expostulate

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Remonstrate

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(v) to disown, reject, or deny the validity of

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Repudiate

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S: disavow, abjure, renounce

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Repudiate

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A: avow affirm, aver, avouch

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Repudiate

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(adj.) able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly

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Resilient

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S: springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy

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Resilient

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A: rigid, stiff, inflexible, unyielding

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Resilient

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(v.) to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly

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Reverberate

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S: rumble, thunder, boom echo

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Reverberate

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(adj.) coarsely abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed

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Scurrilous

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S: obscene, filthy, abusive, vituperative

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Scurrilous

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A: decorous, seemly, tasteful, dignified

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Scurrilous

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(adj.) persistent, showing industry and determination

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Sedulous

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S: assiduous, tireless, indefatigable

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Sedulous

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A: lackadaisical, listless, indolent, otiose

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Sedulous

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(adj.) thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable

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Sleazy

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S: inferior, cheesy, tawdry, tatty

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Sleazy

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A: superior, first-rate, quality, sturdy

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Sleazy

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