Vocab Kaplan Flashcards by ovi nana

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Equivocal

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Ambiguous vague

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Lucid

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Bright and clearly expressed

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Precipitate

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Bring out suddenly and violently

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Assuage

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Make less severe

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Erudite

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Intelligent and educated

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Opaque

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Not transparent

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Prodigal

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Wasteful, generous (atha diga arala)

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Enigma

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Puzzling inexplicable question

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Fervid

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Highly enthusiastic and passionate

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Placate

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Pacify soothe or calm

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Zeal

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Great energy or passion

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Abstain

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Refrain

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Audacious

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Bold daring and heroic

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Desiccate

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Dry and lacking passion

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Gullible

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Naive and easily persuaded

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Laudable

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Praiseworthy

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Pedant

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A person who is excessively concerned with minor details

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Vacillate

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Indecisive and changing minds

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Adulterated

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Make impure

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Capricious

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Sudden change in behavior or mood

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Engender

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Cause or give rise to something

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Homogenous

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Containing equal parts or mixed well

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Pragmatic

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Dealing with things very practical way

Volatile

Capricious changing very suddenly

Apathy

Lacking emotion or concern

Corroborate

Confirm or give support to

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

Laconic

Brief and concise

Mitigate

Make less severe

Propriety

Being right and fitting

Advocate

Support something publicly

Cacophony

Nuisance and harsh mix of sounds

Enervate

Cause someone to feel tiered or weaken

Ingenious

Clever and original

Misanthrope

Someone who hates humans

Paradox

Contradiction

Venerate

Regard with great respect

Antipathy

Great dislike

Deride

Ridicule

Eulogy

A speech that praises someone after death

Lethargic

Lifeless or slow

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change action

Waver

Not steady

Bolster

To support

Dissonance

Lack of harmony within notes

Malleable

Amenable easily influenced

Ostentation

Pretentious and vulgar display

Prevaricate

Speak in an evasive way (ambiguous)

Decorum

Behavior in keeping good taste

Elusive

Difficult to find

Anomaly

Not normal or deviate from normal