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New Vocab - Gamsat Section I & II > Vocab > Flashcards

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1
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Supine

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Laying face upwards

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Expostulate

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To express strong disapproval or disagreement.

Syn: Remonstrate, disagree, argue.

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Didactic

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Instructive, authoritarian

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Ebullient

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Exuberant, praising

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Laudatory

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Praising

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Mendacious

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Untruthful, lying

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Sanguine

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Confident, hopeful

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Sardonic

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Mocking, bitter, cynical

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Chagrin

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Annoyance or distress at having failed or been humiliated

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Demagogue

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A political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and emotions of ordinary people, rather than experts or rational argument.

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Impartial

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Treating all rivals or disputants equally.

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Aphorism

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A pithy observation which contains a general truth

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Preclude

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Prevent from happening

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Pithy

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Terse, succinct and vigorously expressive

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Extirpate

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Eradicate or destroy completely

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Languid

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Having or showing a disinclination for effort/physical exertion; sickly, faintly

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Besotted

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Foolishly, infatuated, silly

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Auspicious

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Conducive to success, favourable, prosperous

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Ostentatious

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Characterised by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress

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Pensive

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Engaged in, involving in or reflecting deep or serious thought

21
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Feign

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Pretend to be affected by; to fake

22
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Levity

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The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect

23
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Allusion

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An indirect, passing reference

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Sordid

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Involving immoral or dishonourable actions

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Boon

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A thing that is helpful or beneficial

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Forlorn

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Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

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Quagmire

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An awkward, complex or hazardous situation

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Epistemology

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The theory of knowledge, especially with regards to its methods, validity, scope and difference between justified belief and opinion

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A bellwether

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Someone who ‘leads the flock’

30
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Chicanery

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The use of tricks to deceive someone, usually out of money

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Discombobulate

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To upset, disconcert; to provoke feelings of confusion or frustration

32
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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad

33
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Hegemony

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The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others

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Parsimonious

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Of or having a thrifty, frugal, or stingy disposition

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Puerile

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Displaying lack of maturity or childlike characteristics

36
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Pontificate

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Express one’s opinions in a pompous and dogmatic way

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Burgeon

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Begin to grow or increase rapidly

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Dissident

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A person who opposes official policy, particularly that of an authoritarian state

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Felicitous

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Well chosen, or suited to the circumstance

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Ubiquitous

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Omnipresent, everywhere

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Quotidian

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Occurring daily, routinely

42
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Wry

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Using or expressing dry, usually mocking humour

43
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Subvert

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To undermine

44
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Despotic

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Tyrannical = cruel or oppressive government rule

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