Test Words 9 Flashcards by Anil Saddat | Brainscape

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Encomiastic

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Praise

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Obloquy

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Strong public condemnation

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance

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Offing

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Likely to happen or appear soon

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Slippery

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Hard to grasp

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Ramifications

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An unwanted consequence

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Flagrant

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Obviously offesive

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Corollary

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Consequence or result

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Perforce

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Out of neccessity

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Seemingly

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Apparently

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Legalese

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Technical legal language

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Categorically

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unambiguously explicit, direct, unequivocal

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Magisterially

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In a way seems to have complete authority, of importance or consequence

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Preludial

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Prelude to something

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Jaunt

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Pleasurable short journey

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Toss off

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Produce, Create

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Barbs

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Criticism

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Slight

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Insult

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Snub

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insult, ignore

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Sprawling

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Spread over a wide area

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Provocation

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Provoke, make someone angry deliberately

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Spectres

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Ghosts

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Paragon

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Someone who is the perfect example

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Frolic

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move in cheerful way

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Prejudice

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opinion not based on actual ecperience

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Temerarious

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Reckless; rash

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Salient

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Most important

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Corporeal

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With body rather than spirit

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Injudicious

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poor judgement;unwise

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Imprudent

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Rash; dont care about consequence

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Topical

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Relevant to current events

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Qua

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in capacity of; as being

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Musings

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A period of reflection or thought

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Unmarred

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not spoilt; not marred

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Spate

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large number of similar things in quick succession

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Fusillade

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A series of shot fired in quick succession

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Implacable

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Unable to be swayed or changed

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Incorrigible

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Unable to change or reform even after punishment

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Inexorable

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Unable to be swayed or changed

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Illustrious

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Well known

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Foreboding

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Feeling that something bad is going to happen

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Prudent

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Wise, not in a rash way

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Politic

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Judicious, sensible

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Literati

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Well educated, interested in literature

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Credo

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Statement of belief/aims which defines ones actions

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Paradigm

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Ways of doing things

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Trepidation

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anxiety, fear inducing

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Opprobrium

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Harsh criticism

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Quixotic

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Idealistic and Impractical

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Lofty

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Tall order, height