SC And CR 40 Vocab Flashcards by Paige Min | Brainscape

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Antithesis

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Oppose, contrast

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Epitome

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Best possible example

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Obscure

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Not clear, vague ambiguous

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Refute

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To prove wrong

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Compromise

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To accept something slightly different from what one wants

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Concede

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To admit

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Succumb

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Yield, give way

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Fastidious

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Demanding

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Pragmatic

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Practical

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Phlegmatic

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Composed

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Caustic

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Severely sarcastic

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Fallacious

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Misleading

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Acrid

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Sharp, bitter, stinging

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Insipid

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Not interesting, dull

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Magnanimous

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To be kind and generous

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Affable

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Friendly, easy to approach

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Ebullient

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Full of excitement

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Frivolous

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Carefree, not serious

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Saga

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Long story

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Reverie

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A daydream

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Soliloquy

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Talking to oneself

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Utopian

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Imaginary situation where everyone in society is perfect

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Satire

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Criticizing humor

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Efface

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Erase

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Quarantine

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Strict isolation to avoid spread of disease

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Salvage

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To save

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Mundane

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Original

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Palpable

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Capable of touching

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Dichotomy

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Two contradictory groups

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Garbled

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Confuse unintentionally

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Quandary

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Uncertainty

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Lax

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Careless

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Liaison

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Cooperative exchange of information

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Respite

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Delay , relieve temporarily

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Arduous

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Laborious

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Zenith

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Highest point

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Paradigm

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Model for how something will be produced

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Rebuttal

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To attack as untrue and give a reason for why