Semester Exam Flashcards by Ben Nelson

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Lithe

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Flexible

Supple

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Ignominy

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Shame

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Pragmatist

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Practical person

One who is concerned with usefulness

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Aloof

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Distant
Detached
Cold

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Cajole

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Coax

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Deprecate

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Criticize

Denounce

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Exegesis

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Scholarly explanation or interpretation

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Salacious

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Lecherous

Erotic

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Candor

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Frankness

Openness

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Sallow

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Yellowish

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Altruism

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Putting others first

Being self-sacrificing

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Exculpate

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Free someone from blame
Pardon
Acquit

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Callow

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Immature

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Execrable

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Very very bad

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Idiosyncrasy

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A personal peculiarity

Something unique to a person

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Ruminate

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Think over something

Ponder

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Demur

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Hesitate

Refuse

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Exacerbate

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Make worse

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Ruse

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Trick

Stratagem

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Cavalcade

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Procession of vehicles

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Palliative

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A remedy that improves but doesn’t cure

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Presentment

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A feeling that something might happen

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Alacrity

Eagerness Enthusiasm Quickness

Burgeon

Grow Flourish Put forth new shoots

Deleterious

Harmful

Euphemism

A polite phrase to cover something unpleasant

Postulate

Hypothesize | Propose

Tractable

Obedient Dutiful Polite

Olfactory

Concerned with the sense of smell

Potable

Suitable for drinking

Machinations

Plots and plans

Overwrought

Worked up | In an emotional state

Sardonic

Mocking

Exposition

Clear explanation

Maelstrom

Whirlpool | Storm in the ocean

Prerogative

Right or privilege

Savant

Person with knowledge

Unctuous

Oily | Using excessive flattery

Prescient

Having fore knowledge

Salubrious

Health giving

Capacious

Spacious

Impious

Wicked profane

Orthodox

Conventional

Precipitous

Done in a hurry

Salutary

Something which teaches you a lesson | Beneficial

Ameliorate

Make better

Capitulate

Surrender give in

Exonerates

Acquits Absolves Removes blame

Ossify

Turn to bone | Become fixed and rigid

Sanctimonious

Hypocritically holy

Tumult

Uproar | Noise

Carping

Constant criticism

Lummox

Clumsy person

Ostentatious

Showy

Precocious

Developing early

Turpitude

Depravity

Amiable

Friendly

Expatriate

Refugee | Someone living away from his own country

Inadvertent

Not intentional

Sanguinary

Bloodthirsty | Bloody

Tyro

Novice | Beginner

Castigate

Scold strongly

Expedient

Conventional | Practical

Sanguine

Optimistic | Cheerful

Ubiquitous

Found everywhere | Omnipresent