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VP VOCAB 7-12 Flashcards

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adj harsh or bitter in disposition, speech, or manner
Syn: caustic, choleric, irascible, sarcastic, surly
Ant: bland, genial, gentle, gracious, mild

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acrimonious

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adj different from the usual or standard; hard to identify or classify because of abnormality
Syn: abnormal, atypical, bizarre, divergent, exceptional, irregular, odd, peculiar, uncommon, unusual
Ant: conforming, normal, regular, standard, usual

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anomalous

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adj involving hard labor; to test one’s endurance
Syn: grueling, laborious, strenuous, taxing, tiring
Ant: easy, facile, simple

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arduous

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adj irrelevant to the present topic; a nonessential part
Syn: inessential, irrelevant, superfluous, unconnected, unimportant, unnecessary, unrelated
Ant: basic, central, essential, integral, necessary, needed pertinent, relevant

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extraneous

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adj unauthentic or fabricated
Syn: artificial, contrived, insincere, stimulated, unnatural
Ant: authentic, factual, genuine, natural, real, sincere, true

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factitious

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adj involving untrue information that harms someone’s reputation
Syn: defamatory, injurious, slanderous, unfounded, vilifying
Ant: admiring, complimentary, praising, reputable, respectful

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libelous

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adj physically or morally harmful
Syn: baneful, corrupting, deleterious, injurious, pernicious
Ant: beneficial, healthful, salubrious, sanitary, wholesome

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noxious

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adj **occurring or appearing after one’s death (as a child born after the death of its father, or a writing published after the death of the author)
Syn: after-death, post-mortem, post-orbit

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posthumous

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adj lacking in courage; characterized by weakness of spirit
Syn: cowardly, craven, fainthearted
Ant: brave, courageous, daring, stout-hearted

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pusillanimous

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adj given to complaining; full of complaints
Syn: fretful, irritable, peevish, petulant,waspish, whining
Ant: content, easygoing, forbearing, good-natured, patient, satisfied

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querulous

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adj harsh-sounding or loud; rambunctious and rowdy
Syn:boisterous,disorderly, hoarse, noisy, riotous, rough, strident, unruly, wild
Ant: behaved, calm, orderly, quiet, restrained, subdued

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raucous

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adj taken or done stealthily or secretly; unauthorized
Syn: clandestine, covert, furtive, secret, underhanded
Ant: aboceboard, open, overt, unconcealed

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surreptitious

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adj turned away in mind or feeling; opposed to
Syn:disinclined, hesitant, loath, reluctant
Ant: eager, favorable, inclined, willing

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averse

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adj **showing caution; watchful on all sides; attentive to everything that may affect action or decision
Syn:careful, cautious, wary; judicious, provident, prudent
Ant:heedless, reckless, unwary; imprudent, inattentive, injudicious

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circumspect

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n the elements or parts of; composed
Syn:basic, component, element, essential, integral, principal
Ant:whole

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constituent

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adj deserving blame
Syn:blameworthy, censurable, reprehensible, reproachable
Ant:blameless, creditable, impeccable, laudable, praiseworthy

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culpable

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adj deprived of the barest necessities of life; living in absolute poverty
Syn:indigent, necessitous, needy, penniless, poor, poverty-stricken
Ant:affluent, opulent, rich, wealthy

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destitute

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v to reveal; to show plainly; to prove
Syn:demonstrate,evidence, evince,show
Ant:conceal,cover,hide, mask

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adj observable without being concealed
Syn:apparent, blatant, clear, discernible, evident, explicit, manifest, obvious, open, plain, unconcealed
Ant:concealed, covert,deceitful,devious,hidden,inconspicuous,private,secret,subtly

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v to make impossible by previous action; prevent
Syn:abort,avert, forestall, obviate
Ant:effect, facilitate, further, open the door for, permit, promote

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n one who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion
Syn:anchorite, cenobite, eremite, hermit
Ant:socializer
Adj withdrawn from the world
Syn:secluded, separated, sequestered
Ant:companionable,gregarious, neighborly, sociable

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adj in the mentioned order
Syn:accordingly, corresponding,hence, particularly, subsequently, successively

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respectively

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n a looking back on the past; a review of something past
Syn:memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence
Ant:forgetfulness, oblivion

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retrospect

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n a belief, doctrine, or principle held as true
Syn:conviction, creed, dogma, precept

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*n* **extravagant actions** Syn:capers, frolics, pranks, tricks
Antics
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*adj* **causing death, destruction, or ruin; very harmful** Syn:detrimental, noxious, pernicious, toxic Ant:beneficial, healthful, profitable, wholesome
baneful
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*n* **a request or favor; a blessing** Syn:benefit, blessing, bonus, donation, fortune, gain, grant, present Ant: curse, disadvantage, hindrance, liability, loss, misfortune
boon
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*n* **government through bureaus run by nonelective officials; government officials collectively** Syn:bureaucrat, bureaucratic, bureaucratically, bureaucratize, bureaucratization
bureaucracy
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*n* **a person who delights in an art or science in an amateurish or superficial way; a superficial amateur** Syn:dabbler, nonprofessional, novice, sciolist, tyro Ant:connoisseur, expert, master, professional
dilettante
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*adj* **exhibiting unstable behavior** Syn:capricious,erratic,fickle,impulsive,unrealiable,whimsical Ant:dependable,directed,reliable,stable
flighty
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*adj* **too bright or glaring;showy** Syn:flashy,gaudy,ostentatious,tawdry Ant:somber,subdued,tasteful
garish
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*n* **a long,noisy,or scolding speech** Syn:bombast, declamation, oration, tirade
harangue
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*adj* **tearfully or effusively sentimental** Syn:emotional,mawkish,romantic,slushy,weepy Ant:composed, phlegmatic, stoical,unemotional
maudlin
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*adj* **composed of various colors or elements** Syn:checkered,dappled,parti-colored,variegated;disparate,diverse,heterogeneous Ant:colorless,monotone,u variegated;alike,homogeneous,uniform
motley
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*n* **one who makes an ostentatious display of knowledge;one who gives undue attention trivial details of learning but has little interest in practical affairs** Syn:know-it-all;hairsplitter,pedagogue,pettifogger,quibbler
pedant
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*n* **a long-lasting feud or conflict** Syn:argument,conflict, fight, grudge, hostility, revenge,rivalry,strife Ant:agreement,forgiveness,harmony,peace
vendetta
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*adj.* **not revealed publically; understood by only a particular group** syn: abstruse, cryptic, impenetravke, inscrutable, obscure, private, profound, secret ant: clear, common, evident, familiar, known, manifest, obvious, public
esoteric
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*adj.* **wild or untamed, especially an animal** syn: brutal,ferocious, savage, uncontrollable, undomesticated ant: domesticated, tamed
feral
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*adj* **pertaining to law courts or formal argumentation** *adj* **applying the techniques of science to the solving of a crime or litigation** syn: argumentative, debatable, litigious, rhetorical
forensic
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*adj* **pertaining to the real nature of a thing; inherent** syn: congenital, constitutional, inborn, ingrained, innate ant: alien, extraneous, extrinsic, foreign, uninherent
intrinsic
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*adj* **producing gain or wealth; profitable** syn: gainful, moneymaking, profit-making, remunerative, well-paying ant: gainless, unprofitable, worthless
lucrative
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*adj* **driven by want for money or material gain** syn: avaricious, greedy, venal *n* **a soldier paid to fight in another country's military** syn: guerilla, legionnaire, soldier of fortune
mercenary
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*adj* **pertaining to the world; worldly as opposed to the spiritual and eternal** syn: earthly, material, temporal, terrestrial, worldly ant: celestial, heavenly, eternal, infinite
mundane

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