Testtakers 201-250 Flashcards
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Strident
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Loud, harsh sounding
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Mollify
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To calm, comfort
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Antagonistic
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Hostile, conflicting
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Relevant
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Related to the matter at hand
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Accessible
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Easy to reach or understand
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Aversion
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Dislike
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Conviction
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A firm belief
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Rancor
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Resentment, hostility, spite
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Surly
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Rude, unpleasant
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Audible
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Capable of being heard
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Erudite
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Highly educated
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Debase
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To reduce in quality or value
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Surreptitious
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Done secretly, sneaky
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Saccharine
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Overly sweet or agreeable
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Skeptical
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Doubtful
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Dispassionate
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Calm
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Brusque
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Rudely brief
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Plagiarism
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The theft of someone else’s ideas
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Bungler
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A clumsy person
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Dissonance
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Disagreement or lack of harmony
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Preclude
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To make impossible-prevent
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Distend
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To expand, extend
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Predilection
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Preference, liking
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Willful
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Stubborn
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Confound
To confuse
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Torpor
Inactivity
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Hackneyed
Overused, stale
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Invective
An insulting or abusive expression
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Uniform
Identical, similar
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Uniform
Identical, similar
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Banal
Unoriginal, stale
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Consequence
Result, outcome
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Tangible
Real, capable of being touched
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Penchant
Liking
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Exasperate
To anger or irritate
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Placate
To calm the anger of
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Bolster
To support, prop up
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Instigate
To provoke to action
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Kindle
To excite, stir up
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Evacuated
Starved; extremely thin
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Opaque
Impenetrable by light
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Fitful
Irregular; inconsistent
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Irascible
Short tempered, irritable
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Circumspection
Caution
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Civill
Polite, courteous
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Loathe
To hate, scorn
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Score
A written form of a piece of music
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Morose
Sad, sorrowful
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Unprecedented
Never before known or experienced
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Mundane
Ordinary, commonplace
