Top 100 Level 5 Flashcards
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Charismatic
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Full of personal charm and magnetism
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Ineffable
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- Hard to express
- Difficult to put into words
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Lugubrious
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- expressing the grief and sorrow associated with an irreparable loss
- mournful, gloomy
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Elucidate
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- to make clear by explanation
- clarify
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Conundrum
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-a puzzling question or problem that is difficult to resolve
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Pernicious
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Causing harm in a hidden or injurious way
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Incredulous
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- not willing to believe
- unbelieving
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Pantheon
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- a select group of illustrious people who have done the same thing
- Henry Ford, Walt Disney, and Steve Jobs form a pantheon of inventors and entrepreneurs
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Chagrin
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-strong feelings of embarrassment and mortification caused by a failure or keen disappointment
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Inimical
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-injurious
-harmful in effect
(Smoking is inimical to your health)
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Refractory
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- obstinately resistant to authority or control
- unmanageable and unruly
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Disconcerted
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Describes a condition of being unsettled and thrown into a state of confusion
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Conciliatory
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- Describes an approach that is flexible and yielding
- willing to make concessions to restore harmony
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Precipitate
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-to cause to happen especially suddenly or prematurely
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Confluence
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- a merger or coming together of several factors
- flowing together
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Phelegmatic
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- sluggish
- lethargic and thus not easily aroused into action
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Seminal
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-highly influential in an original way
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Contentious
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- always ready to argue or provoke a dispute
- quarrelsome
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Ruminate
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- To think deeply about a subject
- to relfect
- to contemplate
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Harbinger
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- a precursor or forerunner
- an indicator that someone or something is approaching
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Truncate
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- to cut short
- to abbreviate
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Indefatigable
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-tireless
-filled with an inexhaustible supply of energy
(An indefatigable defender of human rights)
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Circumvent
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- to cleverly go around or bypass a rule
- to evade and thus avoid
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Acquiesce
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- to accept passively
- to give your assent to a plan or action without protest
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Urbane
- characterized by elegant manners
| - discriminating taste and a broad education
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Salutary
-beneficial and thus tending to promote physical well being
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Volatile
- subject to sudden and violent changes
| - unstable
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Dilatory
- inclined to waste time and be habitually late
| - prone to tardiness
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Artifice
- a deceptive maneuver
- a crafty ruse
- a crafty stratagem
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Forbearance
-to show great patience or tolerance
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Enervate
- to feel mentally and physically weakened
| - to lack strength and energy
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Squalid
- run-down and foul
| - very dirty and wretched
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Juxtaposition
-to put to things side by side to show something meaningful
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Unequivocal
- admitting no doubt or misunderstanding
| - having only one meaning and interpretation
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Sqourge
- Something that causes misery, affliction, or destruction
| - a bane
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Impunity
-freedom from punishment or pain
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Implacable
- characterized by a relentless hatred that cannot be appeased
- merciless and unforgiving
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Impugn
- to attack or assail with words
| - to verbally challenge something as false or wrong
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Polemic
-a controversial argument often published as an essay or pamphlet attacking a specific opinion or doctrine
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Perfidious
- Characterized by treacherous and deceitful behavior
| - traitorous
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Cursory
-performed in a hasty and superficial manner without attention to details
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Galvanize
- to energize and stir into action
| - to arouse
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Extemporize
- to perform without preparation
| - improvise
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Tactiturn
- reserved and not talkative
| - laconic
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Unambiguous
- clear and precise
- exhibiting no uncertainty
- categorical
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Consternation
-a sudden and alarming amazement that results in confusion and dismay
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Portend
- to serve as an omen or warning
| - to foreshadow danger
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Inscrutable
- very hard to figure out
| - incomprehensible
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Crystallize
-to take a definite form or shape
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Puerile
- childish and immature
| - callow
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Prolifigate
-characterized by squandering(wasting) time and money
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Foreboding
-a strong inner feeling or premonition of future misfortune
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Irascible
- Easily angered
| - prone to outbursts or anger
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Indulgent
- characterized by excessive generosity
| - overly lenient or tolerant
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Pendantic
- characterized by being ostentatious (showy) in displaying one's knowledge
- bookish
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Officious
- describes someone who acts more official than they actually are
- annoyingly meddlesome
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Bohemian
- describes a person who is known for unconventional behavior
- a nonconformist
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Proscribe
-to forbid or prohibit an activity
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Facetious
- cleverly amusing in tone
| - not meant to be taken seriously
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Punctilious
- strictly attentive to minute details of conduct
| - very precise and meticulous
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Aplomb
- Poise under pressure
| - coolness under strain
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Eclectic
- composed of elements drawn from various sources and styles
- diverse
- heterogenous
- multifarious
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Bombastic
-marked by pretentious writing or speech that is stilted or unnatural
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Credulous
- disposed to believe reports and stories based upon little evidence
- disposed to be overly gullible
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Nuance
- a very small difference in color, meaning, or feeling
- a delicate shade of deifference
- a subtle hint or feeling
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Dichotomy
-characterized by a division in two parts
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Vituperative
- marked by harshly abusive criticism
| - scathing
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Innuendo
- an indirect and usually negative reference
| - an insinuation
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Effusive
-gushing with unrestrained enthusiasm
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Venal
- marked by a corrupt dealings
| - open to bribery
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Chicanery
- deception by artful trickery
| - subterfuge
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Anachronism
-an error in chronology that occurs when a person, event, or object is chronologically out of place
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Idiosyncrasy
- a behavior that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
- an eccentricity
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Obstreperous
-characterized by loud, unruly behavior and noisy, stubborn defiance
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Copious
- large in quantity
- plentiful
- abundant
- voluminous
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Watershed
-a historic turning point that marks a momentous change of course
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Ubiquidous
- characterized by being everywhere at the same time
| - pervasive
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Licentious
- characterized by a lack of moral discipline
- especially in sexual conduct
- dissolute
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Rectitude
- the quality of great moral integrity and honesty
| - probity
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Spate
-a large number or amount of something
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Soporific
-causing or tending to cause drowsiness or sleepiness
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Prodigious
-extraordinarily large in size, amount, or extent
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Incongruous
- lacking harmony
| - inconsistent or incompatible with something else
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Myopic
- shortsighted
| - lacking foresight
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Apoplectic
- filled with rage
| - irate
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Edify
-to instruct and enlighten
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Acerbic
-characterized by a bitter, cutting tone, caustic
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Baleful
- portending evil and harm
| - sinister and forbidding
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Epitomize
- to embody the essential characteristics of a trait
| - go typify
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Ephemeral
- brief
- short-lived
- fleeting
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Ignominous
-a condition of great public shame, dishonor, and huniliation
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Disingenuous
- characterized by giving false appearance of honesty
| - deceptive and therefore not straitforward, candid, or frank
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Indelible
- impossible to remove, erase, or wash away
| - memorable
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Equanimity
-emotional calmness and composure in times of stress
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Mellifluous
-a sound that is full and sweet and thus pleasing to hear
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Ethereal
- very delicate
- airy and light
- exquisitely refined
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Bastion
- a stronghold or fortification
| - a group or place that defends a way of life
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Amalgam
- a blend of different elements
- a mixture
- a synthesis
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Entrentched
- solidly established
- dug in
- strongly ingrained
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Cupidity
- extreme greed for material wealth
| - characterized by avarice
