Testtakers 101-150 Flashcards

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Proclivity

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Tendency

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Peripheral

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Having to do with the outer edge

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Recalcitrant

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Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline. Disobedient.

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Undulate

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Moving in a wavelike manner

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Volatile

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Highly unstable

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Ambiguous

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Having more than one meaning

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Tolerance

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Respect for the ways of others

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Embellish

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To decorate

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Efface

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To erase

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Conform

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To fit in

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Virtue

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Moral excellence

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Eulogy

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High praise (usually for someone who is dead)

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Acquiesce

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Accept something reluctantly but without protest

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competent

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Capable

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Censor

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Prevent the publication of

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Contempt

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Scorn-extreme dislike, feeling that one is unworthy

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Buoyant

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Cheerful

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Prodigal

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Wasteful with money; having or giving something on a lavish scale

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Tact

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Skill and sensitivity in dealing with others or with difficult issues

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Resilient

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Capable of recovering quickly

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Monarch

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A ruler

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Indulge

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To give in to a desire

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Dawdle

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To waste time

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Recant

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To take back

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Parsimony

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Extreme stinginess or miserliness

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Platitude

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An overused or dull remark

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Desultory

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Aimless. Lacking plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

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Vigor

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Strength

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Compatible

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Capable of working in harmony

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Petulant

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Irritable

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Acrimony

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Bitterness

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Cultivate

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To grow

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Disparage

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To put down

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Erratic

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Wondering

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Beneficial

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Resulting in good; favorable or advantageous

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Levity

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Lightness of feeling or being

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Ameliorate

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To make better

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Deride

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To express contempt for; ridicule

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Bane

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Something that harms or destroys

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Anarchy

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Lack of government control

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Provincial

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Narrow minded

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Soluble

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Capable of being dissolved

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Conspicuous

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Obvious

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Consolidate

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To come together

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Extraneous

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Not essential

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Expunge

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To remove

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Trifling

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Unimportant or trivial