The Synonym Stack Flashcards by Lauren Chun | Brainscape

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Puritanical (adj)

A

PURITANISM

Rigid

Shunning

Proper

Moral

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Ascetic (adj)

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REFRAINING

Sober

Unrelenting

Austere

Hermit

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Chaste (adj)

A

PURE

Clean

Controlled

Decorous

Platonic

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Celibate (adj)

A

VIRGIN

Continent

Unmarried

Unattached

Stag

Single

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Parsimonious (adj)

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FRUGAL

Greedy

Avaricious

Prudent

Saving

Sparing

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Vernacular (adj)

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NATIVE

common

Dialectical

Colloquial

Idiomatic

Informal

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Indigenous (adj)

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INBORN

Aboriginal

Congenital

Endemic

Inbred

Primitive

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Plebeian (adj)

A

COMMON

Native

Local

Popular

Ordinary

Colloquial

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Proletariat (n)

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WORKING CLASS

bourgeois

Workers

Middle class

Plebeian

Folk

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Bourgeois (adj)

A

COMMONPLACE

Traditional

Philistine

Common

Victorian

Conservative

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Meretricious (adj)

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GAUDY

Flashy

Bogus

Counterfeit

Garish

Phony

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Spurious (adj)

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FAKE

artificial

False

Unreal

Unauthentic

Feigned

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Raunchy (adj)

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OBSCENE

lewd

Bawdy

Dirty

Erotic

Vulgar

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Abject (adj)

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DOWNTRODDEN

Degraded

Pitiable

Worthless

Low

Deplorable

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Flamboyant (adj)

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OSTENTATIOUS

Dashing

Showy

Flashy

Brilliant

Bombastic

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Feint (n)

A

RUSE

Fool

Attack

Deceive

Dodge

Ploy

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Gambit (n)

A

PLOY

plot

Ruse

Trick

Jig

Artifice

Q

Fourberie

A

CHICANERY

Machination

Stratagem

Dishonesty

Plot

Feint

Q

Surreptitiousness

A

DISHONESTY

Trick

Beguile

Plot

Cheat

Artifice

Q

Duplicity

A

DECEITFULNESS

Beguile

Deception

Fraud

Hypocrisy

Trickery

Q

Chagrin

A

DISPLEASURE

Annoyance

Dismay

Frustration

Irritation

Disgruntlement

Q

Pique

A

IRRITATION

Annoyance

Provocation

Tiff

Vexation

Conniption

Q

Acrimony

A

BITTERNESS

Acerbity

Asperity

Astringency

Malice

Spite

Q

Ire

A

ANGER

Exasperation

Fury

Wrath

Rage

Indignation

Q

Irascibility

A

TEMPER

Ire

Rage

Tantrum

Sourness

Peevishness