Study - Set 1 Flashcards

1
Q

impetuous

A

acting quickly without much thought

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2
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complaisant

A

eager to please

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3
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pariah

A

outcast

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4
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obtuse

A

slow to understand

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5
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abstruse

A

difficult to understand

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6
Q

convoluted

A

difficult to follow

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7
Q

paradoxical

A

self-contradictory

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8
Q

exanthem

A

eruptive disease

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9
Q

diffidence

A

lack of self con?

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10
Q

sangfroid

A

cold blood

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11
Q

interminable

A

endless

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12
Q

sundry

A

mixed, diverse

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13
Q

frenetic

A

wild, uncontrolable

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14
Q

noisome

A

unpleasant

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15
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fulsome

A

flattering to an excess

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16
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appise

17
Q

willful

18
Q

angish

A

severe mental and physical pain

19
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interminable

20
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tangential

A

diverging from subject

21
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despondent

A

low spirit

22
Q

restive

A

unable to stay still

23
Q

florid

A

excessive use of detail or flushed in face

24
Q

clement

25
profligate
wasteful
26
impetuous
quick and impulsive
27
diffident
reserved
28
contentious
argumentative
29
stringent
strict
30
seemly
proper
31
extolment
high praise
32
insufferable
intollerable
33
tantamount
equivalent to something else