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Testive Flashcards

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Benign

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Gentle , mild , unharnful

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Cantankerous

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Disagreeable

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Complacent

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Content , overly content

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Subtle

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Difficult to detect

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Scrutinize

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To closely examine

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Bereft of

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Deprived of

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Dispel

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Get rid of something that bothers you

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Inferiority

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Quality of feeling/being worse than others

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Pervade

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exist throughout

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Mock

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To make fun of

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Admonishing

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Criticize

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Haughty

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Showing arrogant superiority

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Impudent

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Sassy or bold and shameless

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Blatantly

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When you do something obviously

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Abashed

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Ashamed/embarrassed

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Cacophonous

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Loud and harsh sounds

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Placid

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Not easily irritated, calm

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Oblivious

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Ignorant

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Fortified

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Strengthened

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Consternation

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Dismay/Fear or dissapointment

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Scornfully

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Mocking / without respect

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Mollify

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Smooth things over / calm down, make amends

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Debilliated

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weakened

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Inoculate

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Vaccinate

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Burgeon

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To grow rapidly/ flourish

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Censure

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Severe disapproval

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Admonishing

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Criticize

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Endorsement

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Approving

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Belligerent

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Agressive

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Patronage

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Money and support given to an artist/organization

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Frigid

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Extremely cold

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Protracting

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Something that is taking longer than anticipated

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Tout

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Advertize

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Efficacious

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Effective

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Ineffable

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To extreme to be expressed

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Suborn

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Bribe (witnes)

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Duplicitous

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Illegal/underhanded

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Flagrant (breach of a rule)

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Clear and undeniable (break of a rule)

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Undermine

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Overthrow / weaken

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Voracious

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Ready/hungry ( ex. Voracious Appetite -ready to gobble up everything)

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Vitriolic (ex. Attack)

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Is strong, aggressive criticism

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Verdant

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Green and fertile

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Disbar ex lawyer

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Throw out of the proffession

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Debilitating

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Weakening

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Consummate

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Supremely good

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Default

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Is to fail to keep up

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Meteoric

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Sudden , dramatic, rapid

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Empirical

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Found by experiment or practice

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Huge tome

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Very big book

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Ambivalent

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Vague and undecided

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Ostentatious

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Showy / bragging

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Trenchant

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Sharp and to the point

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Prodigious

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Outstanding

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Irrevocable

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Cannot be cancelled

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Disdain

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The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s respect or consideration

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Approbation

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Approval

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Elation

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Feeling of you and pride

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Quixotic

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Idealistic or unrealistic

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Cursory

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Not paying attention to detail

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Mercurial

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Unpredictable

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Sedulous

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Assidious/diligent/ to work hard and not give up easily

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Amalgam

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Combination or blend

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Occlusion

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The act of blocking or a specific blockage

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Cartharic

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Emotionally releasing/purging or laxative:stimulating digestion

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Bucolic

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Adjective used to describe/refer to an idyllic/idealized country lifes

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Perfidy

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Deceitfulness or untrustworthness

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Offcious

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Busybodies/intrusive or meddling -someone who likes to control and be in charge even when they are not supposed too

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Conglomeration

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A collection/group

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Reverential

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To treat someone or something with a lot of respect

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