Set 5 Flashcards by Joseph Hungate | Brainscape

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Maladroit

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unskillful, awkward, clumsy

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Malaise

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weakness, feebleness

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Malediction

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curse, damnation, imprecation

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Malevolent

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malicious, animosity, hostility

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Malinger

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shirk, procrastinate

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Mandate

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fiat, decree, command, dictate

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Manifest

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evident, self-evident, display, demonstrate

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Marginal

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peripheral, expendable, unessential

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Maudlin

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sentimental, mawkish, treacle

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Maverick

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nonconformist, protestor

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Maxim

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proverb, aphorism, adage

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Mediate

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negotiate, arbitrate, to settle dispute

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Mellifluous

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harmonious, melodic

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Melodramatic

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histrionics, treacly, bathetic, overly sentimental, maudlin

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Mendacious

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false, specious, spurious

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Mercurial

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animated, enthusiastic, ebullient

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Meretricious

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gaudy, garish, tawdry, vulgar, in poor taste

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Meteoric

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short-lived, transitory, transient, ephemeral

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Machination

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plotting, scheming

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Malleable

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flexible, pliant, adaptable

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Mar

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impair, spoil, deface

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Martinet

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strict, severe disciplinarian

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Meddle

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interfere, intrude

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Mendicant

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beggar, scrounger, vagabond

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Jaded

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no longer interested in something due to excess, satiated, glutted

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Jejune

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insipid, vapid, vacuous, boring, banal

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Jettison

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expulsion, ejection, discharge

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Judicious

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discreet, politic, prudent

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Juxtapose

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appose, place side by side in comparison (often of opposites)

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Kaleidoscopic

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motley, variegated

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Kudos

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obsequious flattery

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Lachrymose

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tearful, mournful, dolorous

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Laconic

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of few words, concise, succinct, terse

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Lampoon

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satire, parody, mockery

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Lassitude

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weakness, lack of energy

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Lavish

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generous, liberal, big hearted

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Lax

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neglectful, remiss, negligent

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Legerdemain

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magic, trickery

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Lethargic

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phlegmatic, lassitude, torpid, supine

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Liable

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accountable for

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Libertine

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profligate, wanton, debaucher

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Limpid

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clear, transparent, perspicuous, lucid

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Litigious

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argumentative, disputable, polemical

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Loquacious

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garrulous, voluble, talkative

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Jocose

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jesting, joking, teasing

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Knave

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scoundrel, brute

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Lament

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mourn, grieve, commiserate

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Latent

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dormant, undeveloped, quiescent

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Laud

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praise highly

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Legion

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great in number

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Libel

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defamation, denigration, vilification, slander

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Licentious

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immoral, promiscuous

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Lilliputian

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small person

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Incite

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instigate, foment, provoke

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Incognito

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secretive, clandestine, surreptitious

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Incongruous

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inapt, inappropriate

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Inconsequential

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without consequence, trivial, doesn’t matter

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Indignant

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irate, incensed, angry

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Indigence

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poverty, impecunious, insolvency, bankruptcy

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Indolent

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lazy, procrastinating, dilatory, lethargic

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Indulgent

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permissive, lenient, lax

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Infelicity

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unhappiness, sadness, woe

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Inimical

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harmful, deleterious, pernicious

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Iniquitous

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wicked, unprincipled, opprobrious

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Innocuous

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harmless, innocent, inoffensive

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Insatiable

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unquenchable, avaricious, rapacious

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Inscrutable

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Incomprehensible, mysterious

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Insolent

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arrogant, supercilious

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Intemperance

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alcoholism, self-gratificaiton, excess

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Interloper

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intruder, meddler, encroacher

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Interlocutor

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announcer, emcee, interrogator

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Interminable

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never-ending, unceasing, unremitting

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Intuitive

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knowing something by instinct, perceptive, insightful

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Irreproachable

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blameless, faultless, inculpable, impeccable

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Itinerant

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unsettled, wanderer, nomadic

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Inexorable

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inevitable, fated, unavoidable

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Insurgent

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rebel, revolutionary

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Intrepid

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courageous, fearless