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

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Gaiety and fun

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Triumvirate

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A political regime dominated by three individuals

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Inimical

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Tendency to obstructed or harm

Unfriendly; hostile

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Solipsistic

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Theory that self is the only existing thing

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Hoi-polloi

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Ordinary people

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Cajole

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Artfully persuade, such as by flattery

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Gelid

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Icy

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Cavort

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Prance, make merry

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Comeuppance

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A punishment or fate someone deserves

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Boffin

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Skilled in a technical field, egghead

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Jejune

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Dull childish

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Legate

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Agent or official person sent to represent someone else

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Ineffable

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Too extreme or great to put into words

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Inimitable

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So good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique

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Inveigle

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Persuade to do something by means of deception or flattery

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In cahoots

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Conspiring with one group or another

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Comestibles

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Food

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Renascent

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Reviving, becoming active again

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Bawdy

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Vulgar or lewd esp for humor

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Malapropism

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Ludicrous mistake in word use

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Epithet

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A descriptive nickname ie Alexander the Great

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Contravene

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Violate, act counter to, oppose

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Comestibles

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Food

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Renascent

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Reviving, becoming active again

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Bawdy

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Vulgar or lewd esp for humor

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Malapropism

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Ludicrous mistake in word use

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Epithet

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A descriptive nickname ie Alexander the Great