Units 6-10 Flashcards by Kathleen Gao | Brainscape

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candor

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frankness; open honesty

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calculated

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deliberately planned

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capricious

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unpredictable; fickle

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censure

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blame; criticize

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charlatan

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a quack; pretender to knowledge

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coalesce

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combine; fuse

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colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech

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compile

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gather; assemble

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complacency

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smug self-satisfaction

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compliance

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conformity; readiness to yield

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composure

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mental calmness

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comprehensive

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thorough; inclusive

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concede

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admit; yield

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conciliatory

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overcoming hostility or distrust

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concise

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brief and compact

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conflagration

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great fire

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confound

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confuse; puzzle

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contend

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assert earnestly

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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conviction

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strongly held belief; judgement that someone is guilty of a crime

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cordial

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Gracious; heartfelt

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corrode

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destroy by chemical action; deteriorate

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criterion

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standard used in judging

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cryptic

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mysterious

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culpable

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deserving blame

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cursory

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done with haste and little attention to detail

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debilitate

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weaken; enfeeble

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decorum

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orderliness and good taste in manners

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degradation

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humiliation

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deplore

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regret; disapprove of

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depravity

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extreme corruption; wickedness

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deprecate

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express disapproval of; belittle

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deride

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ridicule; make fun of

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derivative

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originated from another source

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deterrent

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something that discourages

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digression

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wandering away from the subject

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diligence

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persistent hard work

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disclose

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Reveal

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discount

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dismiss; disregard

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discriminating

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able to see differences

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disdain

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scorn

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disinclination

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reluctance

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dismiss

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put away from consideration; reject

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disperse

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scatter

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disputatious

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argumentative

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dissent

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disagree

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divergent

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going in different directions from the same point

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document

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provide written evidence

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dogmatic

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opinionated; arbitrary

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duplicity

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deliberate deceptiveness

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eclectic

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composed of elements drawn from diverse sources

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egotism

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excessive self-importance

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elated

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overjoyed

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elegy

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poem or song expressing grief

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elusive

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evading capture; hard to grasp

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embellish

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ornament; add fictitious detail

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emulate

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Imitate; strive to equal or excel

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endorse

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support

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enmity

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animosity

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ephemeral

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short-lived; fleeting