Test Words 13 Flashcards by Anil Saddat | Brainscape

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Malcontent

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A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious

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Cognoscenti

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person well informed about a particular subject

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Seminal

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Strong influence of future developments

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Impetuous

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done with haste

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Sedentary

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Non active, Seated

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Incipient

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Beginning to happen, Early stages

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Stalwart

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Loyal, reliable and hardworking

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Irrefragable

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indisputed

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Tottering

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Feeble or unsteady

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Paean

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A song of praise or triumph

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Elocution

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The skill of clear and expressive speech

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Diatribe

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forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone

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Lackadiasical

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Lacking enthusiam and determination

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Listless

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Lacking energy or enthusiasm

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Histrionic

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Excessively theatrical or dramatic in style

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Ignominous

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deserving public shame

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Mellifluous

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Pleasingly smooth and musical to hear

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Euphonic

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Having a pleasant sound

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Litany

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A repeated series

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Doctrinaire

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Impose a doctrine withou practical considerations

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Jettison

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throw or drop something from aircraft or ship

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Modish

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confirming to the current trend

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Settled

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Resolve or reach an agreement, Pay debt

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Recrudescent

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Breaking out again

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Mercantilism

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Belief in the benefits of profitable trading

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Waggish

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Humorous in a playful way

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Scanty

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Small quantity

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Extirpate

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Eradicate or destroy completely

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Bedlam

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Scene of uproar and confusion

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Refuse(noun)

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Rubbish, Detritus

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Punctilious

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Attention to detail, correct behavior

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Scurrilous

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Report Scandolous claims to damage ones reputation

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Vagaries

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Unexpected change in situation or behavior

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Picayune

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little significance

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Rouse

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Make angry or excited, cause to lose sleep

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Noisome

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Having an offesive smell

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Abrogate

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repeal, evade (repudiate)

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Parry

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ward off with countermove

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Toothsome

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Tasty

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Marshal

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Assemble or arrange in order

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Attestation

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Evidence or proof of something

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Nominal

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in name only, very small

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Obviate

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Remove

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Depilation

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removing unwanted hair from the human body

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Prickly

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ready to take offense

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Vagrant

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inconstant, move from place to place

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Peternaturally

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not usual or natural

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Adduce

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Cite as evidence

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Surfeit

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An excessive amount of something

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Trifling

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very small, unimportant

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Felled

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Cut down

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Beseech

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Ask someone urgently to do something

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Invidious

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Likely to anger

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Plangent

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loud with mournful tone

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Nugatory

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of no value or importance

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Senescence

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detoriation with age

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Antediluvian

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very old fashioned

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Pusillanimous

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lack of courage or determination

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Jejune

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Naive, simplistic and supeficial

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Disencumber

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free from a burden

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Cowed

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Submit to ones wishes by intimidation

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Turgid

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congested

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Expurgate

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remove unsuitable material

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Odium

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hatred

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Florid

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red complexion

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Physiognomy

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Facial features and expression

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Concomintant

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naturally accompanying

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Beseech

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Ask someone to do something urgently, entreat, implore

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Quandary

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Uncertainity