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Test Words 13 Flashcards

1
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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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14
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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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17
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Ignominous

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deserving public shame

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18
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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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21
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Doctrinaire

A

Impose a doctrine withou practical considerations

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Jettison

A

throw or drop something from aircraft or ship

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Modish

A

confirming to the current trend

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24
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Settled

A

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

31
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Refuse(noun)

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Rubbish, Detritus

32
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Punctilious

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Attention to detail, correct behavior

33
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Scurrilous

A

Report Scandolous claims to damage ones reputation

34
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Vagaries

A

Unexpected change in situation or behavior

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Picayune

A

little significance

36
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Rouse

A

Make angry or excited, cause to lose sleep

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Noisome

A

Having an offesive smell

38
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Abrogate

A

repeal, evade (repudiate)

39
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Parry

A

ward off with countermove

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Toothsome

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Marshal

A

Assemble or arrange in order

42
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Attestation

A

Evidence or proof of something

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Nominal

A

in name only, very small

44
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Obviate

45
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Depilation

A

removing unwanted hair from the human body

46
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Prickly

A

ready to take offense

47
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Vagrant

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inconstant, move from place to place

48
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Peternaturally

A

not usual or natural

49
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Adduce

A

Cite as evidence

50
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Surfeit

A

An excessive amount of something

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Trifling

A

very small, unimportant

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Felled

53
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Beseech

A

Ask someone urgently to do something

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Invidious

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Likely to anger

55
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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

57
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Senescence

A

detoriation with age

58
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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

60
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Jejune

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Naive, simplistic and supeficial

61
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Disencumber

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free from a burden

62
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Cowed

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Submit to ones wishes by intimidation

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Turgid

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Expurgate

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remove unsuitable material

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Odium

66
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Florid

A

red complexion

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Physiognomy

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Facial features and expression

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Concomintant

A

naturally accompanying

69
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Beseech

A

Ask someone to do something urgently, entreat, implore

70
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Quandary

A

Uncertainity

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