Sentence Equivalent Flashcards by Kathryn Respicio | Brainscape

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Decorous

A

proper or appropriate behavior

- poised

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Inveterate

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Settled in habit, practice or feeling

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Timorous

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Fearful or timid

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Cower

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to frighten with violence and threats

- intimidate

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Turgid

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Inflated or bombastic

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Oscillation

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Fluctuation

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Repatriate

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To send back to one’s country

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Extradite

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To give up to another nation/state at its request

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Interdict

A

Prohibit

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Penury

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extreme poverty
destitution
indigence

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Depravity

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to make morally bad

- corrupt

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Complacency

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Calm and satisfied

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Innocuous

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Harmless

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Pernicious

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deadly and fatal
harmful
deleterious

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Parsimony

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Stinginess

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Ignobility

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WITHOUT nobility

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Antipathy

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Instinctive opposition in feeling

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Probity

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Good behavior

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Predilection

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tendency to favor
partiality
preference

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Extirpate

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To destroy completely

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Covenant

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Agreement

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Augury

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Practice of omen/indication/token

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Polemical

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Controversial

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Exasperate

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To upset

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Didactic

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Intended to teach

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Laudatory

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Praising attitude

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Hubris

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Arrogance

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Sordid

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morally ignoble
vile
filthy

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Derision

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Ridicule, mockery

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Languish

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to become weak or feeble

- to lose vigor

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Ardent

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passionate

- intensely devoted

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Deprecate

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to express disapproval of

- to protest against

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Defer

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To put off action, delay

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Consolidate

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unite, combine

- to discard unused/unwanted items and reorganize the remaining

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Accede

A

assent/agree to a demand/request

- assume an office/position

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Arbitrary

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Based on RANDOM choice or personal whim

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Equitable

A

Fair and impartial; indifferent

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Pandemic

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Disease prevalent over the whole country or world