Unknown Flashcards
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Unfathomable
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Incapable of being understood
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Compelling
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Evoking interest, attention, refuted
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Foolhardy
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Recklessly bold or harsh
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Dogma
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Set of rules laid down by an authority
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Congealed
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Semi solid
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Diminutive
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Extremely small
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Emollient
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Soothing substance
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Perfunctory
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Done hastly without any attention to detail
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Scarilege
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Improper treatment of something sacred
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Progeny
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Followers/ descendants / offspring
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Elegy
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Sorrowful poem
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Paroxysm
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Sudden uncontrollable spasm
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Idiosyncrasy
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Mannerism
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Proliferate
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Multiply/ reproduce
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Resilient
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Able to withstay
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Effluvium
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Bad smelling
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Polyglot
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Knows lots of languages
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Erroneous
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Contains error/ mistake
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Unctuous
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- Oily
- Flattery
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Capricious
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Impulsive
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Acrid
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Harsh, bitter, sharp (can think of acid)
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Chimera
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Imaginary / unrealistic
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Dogged
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Stubborn/persistent
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Paean
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Enthusiastic praise
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Exigent
Demanding/ pressing
Pipe burst is an Exigent problem
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Benediction
Formal blessings
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Imperious
Commanding, domineering
Impere-empire
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Teem
Full of
Pond is teeming with fish
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Pertinacious a
Persistant
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Veracity
Truthful
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Larhess
Extreme generosity
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Limpid, lucid, pellucid
Clear/ easy to understand
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Compendious
Concise but thorough
Key material
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Recondite
Lil known / Hard to understand like Shakespeare
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Chary
Wary and cautious
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Scathing
Harsh/ brutal attack(sca-ar leaves a mark)
Online trolling is Scathing review
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Curb
To check or restrain
Curbing appetite
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Inundate
Overwhelmed
Innundated with orders customers and special requests in coffee barista
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Impecunious
Penniless, without money, very poor
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Panache
Fancy
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Occlude
Obstruct or block off
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Neologism
New word or phrase
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Saturnine
Dark N gloomy
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Profligate
Wasteful in use of resources
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Hermetic
Airtight
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Caustiy
Literally sarcastic (you want to burn them)
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Munificence
Lavish generosity
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Felicity
1.Intense happiness
2. ABILITY to express clearly
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Animus
1. Enemy
2. Motivation ro do something
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Dour
Gloomy sad
Sounds like sour like a gloomy person
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Axiom
Something that universally is true
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Polemical
Controversial (sounds like political)
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Rebuff
To reject or repel
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Apposite
Appropriate or relevant
Opposite of opposite
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Ersatz
Imitation or substitute (spoof/fake)
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Histrionic
Melodramatic
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Pyrrhic
Victory but at a great cause so it's not worth it
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Inchoate
Not fully formed
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Mawkish
Sickenly sentimental
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Digress
To deviate from a point
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Antediluvian
Extremely old
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Impetuous
Impulsive
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Countenance
Appearance or facial expression
