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Semester Exam Flashcards

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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

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Eagerness
Enthusiasm
Quickness

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Burgeon

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Grow
Flourish
Put forth new shoots

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Deleterious

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Harmful

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Euphemism

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A polite phrase to cover something unpleasant

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Postulate

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Hypothesize

Propose

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Tractable

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Obedient
Dutiful
Polite

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Olfactory

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Concerned with the sense of smell

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Potable

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Suitable for drinking

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Machinations

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Plots and plans

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Overwrought

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Worked up

In an emotional state

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Sardonic

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Mocking

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Exposition

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Clear explanation

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Maelstrom

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Whirlpool

Storm in the ocean

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Prerogative

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Right or privilege

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Savant

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Person with knowledge

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Unctuous

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Oily

Using excessive flattery

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Prescient

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Having fore knowledge

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Salubrious

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Health giving

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Capacious

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Spacious

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Impious

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Wicked profane

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Orthodox

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Conventional

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Precipitous

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Done in a hurry

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Salutary

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Something which teaches you a lesson

Beneficial

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Ameliorate

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Make better

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Capitulate

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Surrender give in

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Exonerates

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Acquits
Absolves
Removes blame

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Ossify

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Turn to bone

Become fixed and rigid

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Sanctimonious

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Hypocritically holy

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Tumult

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Uproar

Noise

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Carping

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Constant criticism

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Lummox

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Clumsy person

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Ostentatious

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Showy

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Precocious

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Developing early

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Turpitude

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Depravity

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Amiable

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Friendly

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Expatriate

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Refugee

Someone living away from his own country

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Inadvertent

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Not intentional

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Sanguinary

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Bloodthirsty

Bloody

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Tyro

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Novice

Beginner

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Castigate

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Scold strongly

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Expedient

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Conventional

Practical

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Sanguine

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Optimistic

Cheerful

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Ubiquitous

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Found everywhere

Omnipresent

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