Testtakers 151-200 Flashcards by Francesca royal | Brainscape

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Plausible

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Believable, reasonable

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Objective

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Not affected by personal feeling

Impartial, indifferent, unbiased

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Vacillate

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To change one’s mind continually.

People who vacillate are capricious and mercurial.

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Steadfast

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Firm, sure

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Castigate

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To criticize or punish severely.

Denounce, censure, reprove, upbraid, decry

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Unwitting

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Not aware, unintentional

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Amicable

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Friendly.

Gregarious, affable, cordial

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Eludcidate

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To make clear. Comes from the Latin word lucidus, which means light or clear.

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Revise

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To correct or improve

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Comprehensible

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Capable of being understood

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Ascetic

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Rejecting physical comforts.

Austere, spartan

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Cryptic

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Secret, mysterious.

Obscure, esoteric, enigmatic, inscrutable. Abstruse

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Venerate

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To respect.

Revere

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Ostentatious

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Showy, intended to impress.

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Bias

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Preference, prejudice.

Partisan

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Augment

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To add to, increase

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Vivid

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Lifelike, intense

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Pessimism

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A tendency to expect the worst

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Assess

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To evaluate, estimate

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Repudiate

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To reject.

Spurn

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Enervate

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To drain of energy.

Debilitate

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Reprove

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To scold

Castigate, upbraid

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Vigilant

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Watchful, alert

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Raze

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To demolish

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Trivial

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Of little importance or significance.

Trifiling

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Defame

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To harm the reputation of.

Vilify, disparage, deprecate

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Depravity

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Wickedness or perversion

Corruption, nefariousness

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Disseminate

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To spread widely

Disperse

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Corrugated

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Covered with grooves or ridges

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Dogmatic

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Stubbornly certain in a belief

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Induce

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To cause

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Induce

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To cause

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Affable

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Friendly, pleasant.

Gregarious, amicable, cordial

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Fetter

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To bind, restrain

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Paucity

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Fewness, scarcity.

Dearth

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Indigenous

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Native, originally from

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Meticulous

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Extremely careful and precise

Assiduous, diligent, painstaking

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Candor

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Openness, honesty

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Dormant

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Asleep, inactive.

Quiescent

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Fortuitous

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Accidental and lucky.

Opportune

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Inundate

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To flood, overwhelm

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Abridged

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To shorten, condense

Truncate

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Prevalent

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Widespread, commonly accepted

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Cordial

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Warmly pleasant.

Gregarious, amicable, affable

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Misanthrope

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A person who hates mankind

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Appeal

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Attraction

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Appease

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To calm, pacify.

Mollify, placate, conciliate

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Orthodox

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Traditional, conventional

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Facilitate

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To make easier.

Expedite

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Terse

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Brief, succinct.

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Desecrate

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To violate the sacredness of.

It’s like de-sacred

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Fallow

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Inactive, not in use.

Quiescent, dormant