Till Group 5 Flashcards by Arihant Garg | Brainscape

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Austere/ Ascetic

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Lacking Luxury

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Cursory

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Lacking Effort

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Dessiminate

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Spread widely

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Flout

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Doing something without guilt

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Obsequious

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Excessively Submissive to Authority

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Alacrity

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Eagerness to do something

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Ameliorate

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Improve a bad feeling

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Construe

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Understand something subjectively

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Contrite

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Feeling Guilty

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Covet

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Strong desire

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Deft

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Extremely skilled

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Demur

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Hesitate or object/hestation

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Cannonize

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To treat someone as god

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Cannonize

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To treat someone as god

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Contend

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Compete

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Deference/venerate

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High regard and respect

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Desultory

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Unplanned

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Dilatory

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Slow and unhurried

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Approbation

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Appreciation towards someone

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Ephemeral

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Extremely short lasting

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Intimate

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Subtly suggest

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Fervid

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Excessively energetic

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Incendiary

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Provocative

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Invigorate

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Provide energy to

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Pedantic

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Overly concerned with minor details

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Polemical

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Giving a strong opinion

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Prudent

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Wise in decision making

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Vacillate

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Go back and forth with one’s view

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Discernible

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Easily understood

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Enigmatic

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Hard to understand

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Estranged

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Emotionally distanced

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Frivolous

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Lacking in seriousness

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Impertinent

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Disrespectful

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Irresolute

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Lacking determination

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Marginalize

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Treating someone or something as insignificant

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Panache

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A stylish / confident manner

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Prosaic

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Banal/lacking originality

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Stigmatize

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Mark as disgraceful

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Stigmatize

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Mark as disgraceful