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Test Prep 6 Flashcards

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1
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Evanescent

A

Short lived

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Evince

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To show clearly, to make evident

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Exigent

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Demanding immediate attention, urgent

Exigent- exit gents now, it’s urgent

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Extemporaneous

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Done or spoken without preparation, improvised

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Facetious

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Joking or humorous, esp. inappropriately

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Fecund

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Fertile

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Flippant

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Lacking respectfulness for seriousness

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Flummox

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To greatly confuse

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Foment

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To encourage or cause the development of (trouble, rebellion, etc.)

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Forbearance

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Patience and restraint

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Frentic

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Fast and energetic in a wild or disordered way

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Gainsay

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Deny, dispute, or contradict

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Glib

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smooth but insincere and shallow (of words or a person speaking)

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Guile

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Skillful deceit

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Harbinger

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A sign of something to come

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Harrow

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To distress, to torment

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Hermetic

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Isolated or closeted off from outside influence; airtight

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Hidebound

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Rigidly conservative

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Histrionic

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Emotional in an exaggerated way

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Hoodwink

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To deceive or trick

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Impecunious

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Having little or no money

Im- no
Pecune- money

22
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Impassive

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Emotionless

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Impervious

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Not able to be penetrated or affected

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Impetuous

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Impulsive

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Implacable

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Not able to be satisfied or stopped

26
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Impolitic

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Unwise, esp. in social situations

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Impugn

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To attack as false or questionnaire

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Incontrovertible

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Undeniable

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Indemnify

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To compensate for a loss or damage

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Ingenous

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Innocent and trusting

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Inimical

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Harmful or unfriendly

Enemy - call, it will be harmful

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Intelligible

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Understandable

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Inveterate

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Habitual or long-established and unlikely to change

34
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Lampoon

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To publicly criticize in a humorous way

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Languid

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1.Short and relaxed
2. Weak

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Languorous

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Pleasantly lazy and lacking energy

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Limpid

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Transparent, clear and simple

38
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Lugubrious

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Sad and gloomy

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Machination

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A clever scheme or plan, often with an evil purpose

40
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Malinger

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To pretend to be sick to avoid work or responsibilities

41
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Martinet

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A person who demands strict following of rules

42
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Maudilin

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Excessively sentimental

43
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Mellifluous

A

Untruthfulness

44
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Mendacity

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Truthfulness

45
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Miscreant

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A person who breaks the law

46
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Mordant

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Sharply critical, esp. in a humorous way

47
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Motif

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A recurring or central theme

48
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Myopic

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Shortsighted. Same as myopia

49
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Nadir

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The lowest or worst point

50
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Nebulous

A

unclear, vague

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