Set 1 Flashcards

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Cursory

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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed

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Reconciled

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Restore friendly relations

Make consistent with another

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Promulgate

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Promote or make widely known

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Stolid

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Calm, dependable

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Polemical

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Strongly critical, disparities or controversial writing or speech

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Puissant

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Having great power or influence

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Perfunctory

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Carried out with minimum effort or reflection

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Logorrhea

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A tendency to grand loquacity

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Forthright

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Direct and outspoken, straight forward and honest

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Palimpsest

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Something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of it’s earlier form

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Dissembler

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To give a false or misleading appearance

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Whit

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A very small amount or part

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Histrionic

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Exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention

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Carousing

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Drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself in a noisy lively way

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Polyglot

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Multilingual

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Modicum

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A small quantity of a particular thing; especially something desirable

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Equanimity

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Mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper especially in a difficult situation

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Martinet

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A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces

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Wherewithal

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The money or other means needed for a particular purpose

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Debonair

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Stylish, confident & charming

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Dissimilitude

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Dissimilarity or diversity

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in seriousness to; virtually the same as

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Panegyrist

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A formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing

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Quixotic

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Exceedingly idealistic, unrealistic and impractical

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Merriment
Gaiety and fun
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Triumvirate
A political regime dominated by three individuals
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Inimical
Tendency to obstructed or harm Unfriendly; hostile
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Solipsistic
Theory that self is the only existing thing
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Hoi-polloi
Ordinary people
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Cajole
Artfully persuade, such as by flattery
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Gelid
Icy
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Cavort
Prance, make merry
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Comeuppance
A punishment or fate someone deserves
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Boffin
Skilled in a technical field, egghead
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Jejune
Dull childish
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Legate
Agent or official person sent to represent someone else
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Ineffable
Too extreme or great to put into words
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Inimitable
So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique
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Inveigle
Persuade to do something by means of deception or flattery
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In cahoots
Conspiring with one group or another
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Comestibles
Food
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Renascent
Reviving, becoming active again
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Bawdy
Vulgar or lewd esp for humor
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Malapropism
Ludicrous mistake in word use
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Epithet
A descriptive nickname ie Alexander the Great
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Contravene
Violate, act counter to, oppose
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Comestibles
Food
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Renascent
Reviving, becoming active again
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Bawdy
Vulgar or lewd esp for humor
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Malapropism
Ludicrous mistake in word use
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Epithet
A descriptive nickname ie Alexander the Great