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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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
Extreme stinginess or miserliness
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Platitude
An overused or dull remark
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Desultory
Aimless. Lacking plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
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Vigor
Strength
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Compatible
Capable of working in harmony
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Extol
To praise highly
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Petulant
Irritable
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Acrimony
Bitterness
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Cultivate
To grow
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Disparage
To put down
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Erratic
Wondering
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Beneficial
Resulting in good; favorable or advantageous
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Levity
Lightness of feeling or being
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Ameliorate
To make better
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Deride
To express contempt for; ridicule
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Bane
Something that harms or destroys
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Anarchy
Lack of government control
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Provincial
Narrow minded
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Soluble
Capable of being dissolved
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Conspicuous
Obvious
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Consolidate
To come together
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Extraneous
Not essential
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Expunge
To remove
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Trifling
Unimportant or trivial