Testtakers 201-250 Flashcards by Francesca royal | Brainscape

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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

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To confuse

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Torpor

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Inactivity

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Hackneyed

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Overused, stale

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Invective

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An insulting or abusive expression

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Uniform

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Identical, similar

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Uniform

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Identical, similar

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Banal

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Unoriginal, stale

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Consequence

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Result, outcome

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Tangible

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Real, capable of being touched

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Penchant

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Liking

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Exasperate

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To anger or irritate

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Placate

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To calm the anger of

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Bolster

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To support, prop up

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Instigate

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To provoke to action

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Kindle

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To excite, stir up

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Evacuated

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Starved; extremely thin

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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light

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Fitful

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Irregular; inconsistent

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Irascible

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Short tempered, irritable

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Circumspection

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Caution

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Civill

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Polite, courteous

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Loathe

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To hate, scorn

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Score

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A written form of a piece of music

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Morose

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Sad, sorrowful

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Unprecedented

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Never before known or experienced

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Mundane

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Ordinary, commonplace