Word Work List 21 Flashcards by Liz Uhl | Brainscape

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Omniscient

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All-knowing

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Amorphous

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Shapeless

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Xenophobia

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Fear of foreigners

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Incredulous

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Not believing

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Monomania

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Obsession with one thing

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Bilateral

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Two-sided

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Malevolence

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Evil intent

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Malediction

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A curse

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Superfluous

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Unnecessary

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Equivocate

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To hedge (use ambiguous language to conceal the truth)

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Prototype

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First model

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Anthropomorphic

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Man-shaped

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Captious

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Fault-finding

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Neophyte

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Beginner

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Benediction

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Blessing

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Neologism

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New word

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Bellicose

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Warlike

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Circumspect

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Cautious

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Misanthropist

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People-hater

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Magnanimous

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Great-minded

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Excoriate

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Verbally flog (humiliate extremely a lot)

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Specious

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False

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Commensurate

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Of like measure

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Preponderance

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Bulk

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Unilateral

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One sided

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Prodigy*

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A genius

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Recoup*

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To get back

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Rebate*

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To give back

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Replicate*

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Reproduction

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Adapt*

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To adjust

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Adjacent*

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Adjoining

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Obovoid*

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Egg-shaped

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Diadem*

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A crown

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Antidote*

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A poison remedy