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
To grow rapidly/ flourish
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Censure
Severe disapproval
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Admonishing
Criticize
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Endorsement
Approving
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Belligerent
Agressive
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Patronage
Money and support given to an artist/organization
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Frigid
Extremely cold
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Protracting
Something that is taking longer than anticipated
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Tout
Advertize
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Efficacious
Effective
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Ineffable
To extreme to be expressed
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Suborn
Bribe (witnes)
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Duplicitous
Illegal/underhanded
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Flagrant (breach of a rule)
Clear and undeniable (break of a rule)
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Undermine
Overthrow / weaken
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Voracious
Ready/hungry ( ex. Voracious Appetite -ready to gobble up everything)
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Vitriolic (ex. Attack)
Is strong, aggressive criticism
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Verdant
Green and fertile
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Disbar ex lawyer
Throw out of the proffession
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Debilitating
Weakening
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Consummate
Supremely good
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Default
Is to fail to keep up
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Meteoric
Sudden , dramatic, rapid
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Empirical
Found by experiment or practice
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Huge tome
Very big book
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Ambivalent
Vague and undecided
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Ostentatious
Showy / bragging
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Trenchant
Sharp and to the point
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Prodigious
Outstanding
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Irrevocable
Cannot be cancelled
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Disdain
The feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's respect or consideration
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Approbation
Approval
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Elation
Feeling of you and pride
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Quixotic
Idealistic or unrealistic
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Cursory
Not paying attention to detail
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Mercurial
Unpredictable
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Sedulous
Assidious/diligent/ to work hard and not give up easily
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Amalgam
Combination or blend
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Occlusion
The act of blocking or a specific blockage
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Cartharic
Emotionally releasing/purging or laxative:stimulating digestion
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Bucolic
Adjective used to describe/refer to an idyllic/idealized country lifes
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Perfidy
Deceitfulness or untrustworthness
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Offcious
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
A collection/group
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Reverential
To treat someone or something with a lot of respect
