Word Smart 46-56 Flashcards
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Hapless
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Unlucky
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Hackneyed
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Overused
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Harbinger
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Foreshadow, a signal of
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Hedonism
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Pleasure as a way of life
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Hegemony
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Leadership
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Heresy
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Belief that opposes tradition
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Hermetic
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Airtight
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Heyday
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Golden age
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Hiatus
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Break or interruption
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Hierarchy
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Organization based on rank
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Histrionic
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Overly dramatic
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Homily
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Sermon
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Homogeneous
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Uniform, same
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Husbandry
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Taking care of
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Hyperbole
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Exaggeration
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Hypothetical
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Unproven
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Iconoclast
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Going against tradition
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Ideology
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Social and political ideas of ideas
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Idiosyncrasy
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Quirk
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Idyllic
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Charming in a rustic way
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Ignominy
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Deep disgrace
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Illicit
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Illegal
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Immigrate
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Move to a new country
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imminent
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just about to happen
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immutabke
unchangeable
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impartial
fair
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Impeccable
Flawless
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Imperial
Like an emperor
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Impervious
Not allowing anything to pass throught
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Impetuous
Impulsive
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Implement
To carryout
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Impotent
Powerless
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Impugn
To verbally attack
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Inane
Silly
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Inaugurate
to begin officially
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Incandescent
giving off heat or light
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Incantation
A chant
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Incense
To make very angry
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Incessant
Never stopping
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Incipient
Beginning
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Incisive
Direct, terse
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Incongruous
Not fitting in, not harmonious
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Incorrigible
incapable of being corrected
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Increment
An increase
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Indifferent
Not caring
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Indigenous
Native
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Indigent
poor
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Indignant
Angry
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Indolent
Lazy
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indulgent
Yielding to desire
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Ineffable
Incapable of being expressed
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Inept
Clumsy, awkward
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Inert
Inactive (INERTIA)
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Inexorable
Unavoidable
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Infamous
Famous in a negative way
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Infatuated
Foolishly in love
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Infer
to conclude, to deduce
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Infinitesimal
Very, very, very small
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Ingenious
Honest, frank
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Inherent
Innate, born with, natural
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Injunction
Command or order, especially in court
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Innate
Born with, Inherent
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Innocuous
Harmless
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Inordinate
too much
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Insatiable
Impossible to satisfy
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Insidious
Sneaky
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`Insinuate
to hint
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Insipid
dull, bland
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insolent
arrogant
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Instigate
to provoke, to stir up
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Insular
Like an island, isolated
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insurgent
Rebel
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Integral
Essential
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Integrate
To combine
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Intractable
Uncontrollable
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Intransigent
Stubborn
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Intrinsic
Part of the essential nature of something, INHERENT
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introspective
To think about oneself, examining one's feelings
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Inundate
To flood
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invective
Abusive speech, bad word..
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Inveterate
Habitual, used to e.g habitual liar
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Irascible
Easily angered
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Ironic
Meaning the opposite of what is thought
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Irrevocable
Irreversible
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Itinerant
Moving from place to place
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Judicious
fair
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Juxtapose
to compare
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Kinetic
Having to do with motion
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Labyrinth
Like a maze
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Laconic
using few words to the point of seeming rude
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Lament
To mourn
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Lampoon
To mock
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Languish
To become weak
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Largess
(n) Generous giving
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Latent
Present but hidden (Latent potential)
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Laud
To applaud
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Legacy
something handed down
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Lethargy
Laziness
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Levity
Lightness
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Libel
Rumors that defame someone/ Tabloids
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Litigate
To try in court
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Loquacious
Talking a lot
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Lucid
Clear, easy to understand
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Lugubrious
exaggeratedly mournful
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Luminous
giving off light
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Machination
(n) Scheming or plotting activity
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Magnanimous
forgiving, generous
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Magnate
A rich and powerful business person
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Malaise
feeling of depression, uneasiness or queasiness (sick)
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Malfeasance
An illegal act
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Malignant
Causing harm
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Malinger
To pretend to be sick to avoid doing work
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Malleable
Easy to shape or bend
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Mandate
a command, law
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Manifest
visible, clear
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Manifesto
a public declaration of beliefs or principles, document
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Marshal
to arrange in order for the military
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Martial
Warlike
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Martyr
someone that gives up his life for a cause
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matriculate
to enroll, especially at a college
