Vocab Flashcards

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Mavericks

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Nonconformists known for revolutionary ideas

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Woman holding senior position in her field

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Ruler with absolute power (monarch, etc)

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Boxers, fighters

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Directly contrasted to

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Intending to gain approval or favor, sycophantic An ingratiating manner

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Ignoble, without moral principles, unscrupulous, dishonest

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Legitimate, honest

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Untalkative, reticent

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Predict, foretell, guess/surmise

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To bring about, realize something (verb) Result or consequence of an action or other course (noun)

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Abandon (someone or something) Renounce or give up something valued

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Unable to placated - unappeasable, unforgiving Relentless or unstoppable

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Person who is calm, dependable, shows little emotion - impassive, phlegmatic unemotional, cool

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Unemotional, calm, cool

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Confident, stylish, charming | Suave, sophisticated

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Unwilling or refusing to change ones views or to agree to something Uncompromising, inflexible, unbending

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Annoyance, offense (take offense)

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Lose one's temper (noun)

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Feast, meal

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Hot and dry Or Full of difficulty and tribulation

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The place of origin or earliest known history (origin), the beginning of somethings existence, a record of ownership

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Burying a corpse

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Sudden feeling of excitement or pleasure (noun)

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Experience something secondhand - through somebody else

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Happy, friendly, cheerful, pleasant

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Fixed, not changing

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Overly favorable

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Meticulous - overly focused on minor details

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Incisive and sharp commentary

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Touching and emotional, evoking a sense of sadness or regret

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Make clear

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Causing annoyance or difficulty | Complicated and nettlesome regional disputes

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Revoke an order - to repeal something | Rescind, reverse, undo

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Not revealing ones thoughts or feelings | Reserved, withdrawn, diffident, shy

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Lowest point

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High point, climax or culmination

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Treats arts derisively, hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them

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Someone who aggressively asks questions

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Boring and dull, quiet and serious

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Rough and bad-mannered, coarser uncouth, rude

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Shyness, resulting from lack of self-confidence

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Relating to the Logical discussion of ideas and opinions (dialectical ingenuity) Concerned with or acting through opposing forces (a dialectical opposition between social convention and individual libertarianism)

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Thin, supple, graceful, agile, lithesome

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A solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases ; a cure-all or universal cure, elixir The panacea for all corporate ills / a panacea for the country's economic problems.

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A bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one; tirade/diatribe/harangue No publisher wanted to touch his scathing philippic.

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A song of praise; a thing that expresses enthusiastic praise His books are paeans to combat

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Apex, acme, apogee

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Strong and healthy (person) Healthy, fit, vigorous

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Thin, supple and graceful - same as liithe

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Indicate, identify Draw attention to Direct someone

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Worship, revere someone, treat them like a god, venerate She was deified by the early Romans.

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State or assert to be the case He averred that he was innocent of the allegations

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The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency financial probity

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The fact or quality of being more merciful or tolerant than expected; clemancy

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Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical A vast and perhaps quixotic project

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Concise and forcefully expressive; concise, Terse, epigrammatic

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Treacherous, crafty Proceeding in a gradual way with harmful effects Stealthy, surreptitious, sly, underhanded The insidious bond between big money and political decisions

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A change of circumstances or fortune; reversal, change alteration A change between opposite or contrasting things The vicissitude of the seasons

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Without value

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Theory that only the self exists or can be known to exist // figuratively means super selfish (like a newborn baby)

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Mimic or copy

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Simplistic and superficial Effortless or easy (he achieved a facile victory)

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Narrow-minded; having a limited or narrow outlook or scope His worldview seems incredibly naive and parochial

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Mixed feelings, not totally clear

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Unclear, describes a situation or statement. Not really a person.

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Physically passing something

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A more figurative word, mean to take over. Not physical

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Influenced vs bring/brought about

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Harmful (influence); evil in nature or effect; malevolent (adj) Verb - speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner - defame, slander

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived a unfair treatment; resentful, aggrieved, disgruntled He was indignant at being the object of suspicion

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Quality of being clever, original and inventive; inventiveness, creativity

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Pretentious or juvenile, of or relating to being a sophomore. Being immature or lacking judgement - sophomoric behavior

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Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate Excessive, immoderate

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Slow and clumsy because of great weight Dull, laborious or excessively solemn (labored, awkward. Stilted)

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Secret political clique or faction

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Of an argument or case - clear, logical, convincing. Compelling, strong, etc. Pertinent or relevant

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Combustible, flammable Tending to stir up conflict, inflammatory ( incendiary rhetoric) Very exciting

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Sweet and soothing. Mellow.

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Suave, courteous, debonair, sophisticated

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Noxious, deleterious, harmful

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Calm, dependable, unemotional placid

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Assertive of authority in an annoying way Intrusively enthusiastic in offering help or advice; interfering, meddlesome An officious bystander

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Medical dressing

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Weakness, shortcoming, limitation, peccadilloes

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Small mistake or fault, that isn't too serious, petty offense, indiscretion

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Customs, convention, way of life

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Complete, equanimity, equilibrium

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Like a prototype, not fully formed or realistic

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unwilling to change

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inexperienced, immature, unsophisticated

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1) ominous, warning, threatening the envelop and it's portentous contents 2) done in an overly pompous manner to impress pompous, bombastic the author's portentous dialogue

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having impaired or defective vision i. e. myopic i. e. lacking in vision, understanding or insight (obtuse) slow or unable to understanding (dimwitted)

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``` visually impaired (actual condition of astigmatism) showing incapacity for observation or discrimination ```

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attractive in a cheap or false way -something that's attractive but has no actual value worthless, cheap, tawdry the meretricious souvenirs

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feeling or showing sexual desire usually it's offensive lecherous, lewd, licentious, lustful, libidinous, salacious

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``` super formal and respectable feeling or showing disapproval of anything not proper demure, proper, straight-laced wasps prim and proper lady! ```

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dispute the truth, validity of a statement call into question challenge