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Vocab - Set 2 Flashcards

1
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guileless

Barron’s 333

A

Innocent, naive

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2
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hackneyed

A

overused

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3
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harangue

Barron’s 333

A

to give long speech

or

to give long angry speech

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4
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harried

A

persistently carried attacks on, harassed

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5
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haughty

A

arrogant

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6
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hegemony

A

dominance

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heretic

A

a person who believes, teaches, or advocates something opposed to accepted beliefs, dissenter

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8
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iconoclast

A

a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs

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9
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iconoclastic

Barron’s 333

A

deviating from commonly accepted beliefs or practices, dissent

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10
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idiosyncrasy

A

peculiar habit, oddity

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11
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ignoble

A

inferior, low, lowborn, lower-class, low-life

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12
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ignominious

A

not respectable

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13
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immutable

Barron’s 333

A

inalterable, unchangeable

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14
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impertinent

A

rude boldness

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15
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implacable

Barron’s 333

A

adamant, stubborn

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16
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imprudent

A

someone who doesn’t care about consequences, and is not cautious about anything (hence can’t be trusted)

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17
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impudent

A

rude boldness

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18
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incisive

A

very clear and direct

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19
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incorrigible

A

not capable of being cured or reformed

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20
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inexorable

A

unstoppable, unrelenting

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21
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ingenuous

Barron’s 333

A

honest, innocent, naive

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22
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ingratiate

A

Trying to get yourself liked by someone (for eg teachers)

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23
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inimical

A

hostile

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24
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innocuous

Barron’s 333

A

benign, harmless, hurtless

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25
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inscrutable

A

cryptic

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26
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insidious

A

causing harm to someone or something but subtly

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27
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intransigent

A

stubborn; sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion

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28
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intrepid

A

fearless

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29
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inveterate

A

something fixed over time

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30
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itinerant

A

wanderer

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31
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jingoism

A

fanatical patriotism.

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32
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jubilant

A

expressing happiness or triumphant feeling

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33
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juxtapose

A

comparing - comparison shows contrasting effect

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34
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laconic

Barron’s 333

A

someone or something with very few words, brief

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35
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lambast

A

to criticize (someone) severely

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36
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languid

A

no energy/motivation

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37
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largess

A

generous

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38
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lionize

A

give a lot of public attention and approval

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39
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maladroit

A

awkward, butterfingered

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40
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maverick

Barron’s 333

A

dissident, does not conform to rules

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41
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mawkish

A

over sentimental

42
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mendacity

A

dishonesty, lying

43
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mercurial

A

inconsistent, fluctuating

44
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meticulous

Barron’s 333

A

very careful and precise; showing great attention to detail

45
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mollify

Barron’s 333

A

pacify something or someone

46
Q

munificent

A

bighearted, bounteous, charitable

47
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myopic

A

shortsighted (literally and about things), lacking foresight or imagination

48
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nonplussed

A

unsure, baffled

49
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obscure

HF

A

ambiguous, something unclear or cryptic

50
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obsequious

Barron’s 333

A

excessively obedient/attentive to someone or something

51
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ostentatious

Barron’s 333

A

extravagant, flashy

52
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ostracize

A

exclude (someone) from a group

53
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parochial

A

narrow-minded

54
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parsimonious

55
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pedantic

Barron’s 333

A

something or someone too full of knowledge about something, too concerned about minor details)

56
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pedestrian

57
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pejorative

A

belittling, degrading

58
Q

perfidy

A

disloyalty

59
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pernicious

60
Q

petulant

A

easily irritated, crabby

61
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placate

Barron’s 333

A

appease, pacify

62
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platitude

A

a statement or cliche used so many times that its trite, not interesting anymore

63
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poignant

A

emotional, moving

64
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polemic

A

critical, hostile attack

65
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posit

A

put forward a fact or statement for argument

66
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precipitous

A

hasty, rash

67
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preclude

A

forestall, prevent

68
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precocious

A

unforeseen, unseen

69
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predilection

A

affection, affinity to something

70
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prescience

A

foresight something

71
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prevaricate

Barron’s 333

A

fabricate, fib, lie

72
Q

prodigal

Barron’s 333

A

spending money freely or foolishly

73
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prodigious

A

amazing, astonishing, miraculous

74
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profligate

A

spending money freely or foolishly

75
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prolific

A

fruitful, lush, rich

76
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propitious

A

encouraging, promising

77
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provincial

A

Belonging to a province

Or

Non cosmopolitan, not polished/sophisticated/ narrow-minded

78
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querulous

A

complaining a lot, fussy

79
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quotidian

A

common, frequent

80
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rebuke

A

scold, punish someone (for bad behavior)

81
Q

recondite

Barron’s 333

A

difficult to understand by someone of ordinary knowledge, arcane, esoteric

82
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refractory

Barron’s 333

A

disobedient, incompliant

83
Q

reproach

Barron’s 333

A

criticize

OR

disapproval of someone/something

OR

losing respect in someone/something

84
Q

repudiate

Barron’s 333

A

reject, renounce, refute

85
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rescind

Barron’s 333

A

cancel, revoke, call off

to officially state that a law, contract, decision, etc. is no longer valid

86
Q

restive

ets

A

restless

or

defiant

87
Q

resurgent

A

increasing or reviving after a period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence (come alive)

88
Q

reticent

Barron’s 333

A

keeping one’s activities hidden from public

89
Q

rudimentary

A

early level of skill or development

90
Q

scrupulous

A

meticulous - attentive to details

91
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soporific

Barron’s 333

A

tending to cause sleep

92
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specious

Barron’s 333

A

superficially plausible, but actually wrong;

misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive

93
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spurious

94
Q

staunch

A

dedicated, devoted

95
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subversive

A

disruptor, agitator

96
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sullen

A

bleak, lacking in cheer

97
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superfluous

A

redundant and unnecessary

98
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supplant

99
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sycophant

A

ass-licker, a person who flatters another in order to get ahead

100
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taciturn

A

reserved/ generally silent person

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