Vocab Kaplan Flashcards by ovi nana | Brainscape

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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

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Volatile

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Capricious changing very suddenly

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Apathy

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Lacking emotion or concern

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Corroborate

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Confirm or give support to

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Ephemeral

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Lasting a very short time

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Laconic

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Brief and concise

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Mitigate

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Make less severe

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Propriety

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Being right and fitting

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Advocate

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Support something publicly

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Cacophony

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Nuisance and harsh mix of sounds

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Enervate

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Cause someone to feel tiered or weaken

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Ingenious

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Clever and original

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Misanthrope

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Someone who hates humans

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Paradox

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Contradiction

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Venerate

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Regard with great respect

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Antipathy

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Great dislike

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Deride

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Ridicule

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Eulogy

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A speech that praises someone after death

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Lethargic

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Lifeless or slow

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Obdurate

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Stubbornly refusing to change action

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Waver

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Not steady

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Bolster

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To support

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Dissonance

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Lack of harmony within notes

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Malleable

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Amenable easily influenced

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Ostentation

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Pretentious and vulgar display

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Prevaricate

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Speak in an evasive way (ambiguous)

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Decorum

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Behavior in keeping good taste

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Elusive

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Difficult to find

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Anomaly

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Not normal or deviate from normal