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WPME Chapter 12: Flatteer your Friends Flashcards

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convival

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friendly, extrovert, gregarious, sociable, genial, cordial, affable.
one who likes to attend feasts and banquets.

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gregarious

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Instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others

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genial / cordial

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Diffusing warmth and friendliness

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indefatigable

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Never tiring, he has boundless, illimitable energy.

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ingenuous

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people who are pleasingly frank, utterly lacking of pretence or artificiality so honest and overboard can scarcely conceive of trickery chicanery or dissimulating in anyone, the unsophistication of a child.
2. frank, open, artless

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aboveboard

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Without concealment or deception; honest

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chicanery / trickery

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The use of tricks to deceive someone

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dissimulation

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The act of deceiving

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perspicacious

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Sharp as a razor

  1. Acutely insightful and wise
  2. Mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
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discerning

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  1. Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment

2. Quick to understand

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magnanimous

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No placating neccesary::most generous about forgiving an insult or an injury, never do harbour resentment or store up petty grudges, waste energy in thought of revenge or retaliation.

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versatile

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Master of all trades, one person orchestras.

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stoical

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No grumbling, bear their troubles bravely and never ask for sympathy, never yield at sorrow, never wince at pain.

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wince

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  1. Makeaface indicating disgust or dislike

2. Drawback, as with fear or pain

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intrepid

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No fear, audacious, dauntless, contemptuous of danger and hardships

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audacious or dauntless

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Invulnerable to fear or intimidation

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Contemptuous

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Open disrespect for a person or thing

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hardship

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A state of misfortune or affliction

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affliction

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  1. A state of great suffering and distress dueto adversity.

2. A condition of suffering or distress dueto illhealth

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distress

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Psychological suffering

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scintalating

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No dullness: witty, clever, delightful, they are brilliant and entertaining conversationalist.

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witty

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Combining clever conception and facetious expression

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facetious

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Cleverly amusing in tone

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urbane

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city slickers::cultivated, poised, tactful, socially so experienced, so sophisticated and courteous that they’re at ease under all circumstances of social intercourse.

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placate
Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of | "She managed to placate the angry customer"
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vivacious
(viv::life)full of joy of living, animated, peppy
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vivid
possessing the freshness of life, strong, sharp
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revive
bring back to lfe
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vivisection
operating on a live animal
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antivivisectionist
one opposing vivisection
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viviparous
(Pareto:: parents)producing live babies
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oviparous
producing young ones from egg
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ovulate
release egg from ovary
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vital
(vita : life) essential to life; of crucial importance
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revitalize
to bring back to life
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devitalize
to rob someone of life
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joie de vivre
joy of living; an effervescent keenness for all human activities; they are never moody, depressed, bored or apathetic
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apathetic
Showing little or no emotion or animation
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effervescent
Marked by high spirits or excitement
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ennui
feeling of boredom, discontent, or weariness resulting sometimes from having a jaded, over sophisticated appetite applying to physical lassitude and general inactivity
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lassitude
1. 0 A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness) 2. A feeling of lack of interest or energy
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comatose
Relating to or associated with a coma
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torpor
1. A state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility 2. Inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigour or energy
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bon vivant
a person who lives luxuriously, especially in respect to rich food, good drink, expensive theatre parties, operas, and other accoutrements of upper-class life
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accoutrements
Clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
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gourmand
one who enjoys food for sensual pleasure
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gourmandize
to stuff oneself like a pig
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gourmet
keen interest in food and drink, he's more of a connoisseur, has a most discerning palate for delicate tastes, flavours, and differences.
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connoisseur
An expert able to appreciate a field; especially in the fine arts
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discerning
1. Having or revealing keen insight and good judgment 2. Quick to understand 3. Able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive
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palate
The upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
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glutton
person who eats voraciously, with no discernment whatever, just to stuff himself 2. someone who has voracious, insatiable appetite for money, sex, punishment etc.
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voracious
1. Excessively greedy and grasping | 2. Devouring or craving food in great quantities
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gluttonous
strongest epithet you can apply to someone who has voracious eating habits you find repulsive
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epithet
A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
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hermit
One retired from society for religious reasons
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reinvigorate
Impart vigour, strength, or vitality to
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naive
people have not learnt the ways of the world
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gullible
easily tricked or easily fooled
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credulous
willingness to believe almost anything.
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ingenious
shrewd, clever, inventing
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expedient
1. Serving to promote your interest | 2. Appropriate to a purpose; practical
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credible
can be believed
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credo
personal belief, code of ethics
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creed
close synonym of credo + religious beliefs eg Hinduism, judaism, catholicism etc.
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credence
belief
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`credentials
document/s proving a person's right to a title or priviledge
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disingenuos
not frank or open + crafty cunning, dishonest, artful, insincere, untrustworthy.
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retrospect
to look back
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prospect
to look forward
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conpicuous
easily seen or looked at
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perspicacious
person is keen minded, mentally sharp, astute
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astute
Marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
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acumen
perspicacity
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punctilious
person is exact scrupulous, very careful to observe the proper points of behaviou, procedure etc.
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pungent
sharp, spicy, pricking the nose or taste buds
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perpicuos
easily understood from one look, and applies to writing, style, books or things to be understood
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circumspect
to look around
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introspect
to look inside
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specious
an argument that's sounds plausible but in reality is based on an error, fallacy, or an unthruth. noun: speciousness
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magniloquent
Lofty in style
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Lofty
Of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style
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pusillanimous
tiny mind or soul; opposite to magnanimous | always oriented towards seeking revenge
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unanimous
of one mind
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equanimity
of equal mind i.e. evenness or calmness of mind; composure
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animus
hostility, ill will, malvolence
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animosity
hostility, ill will
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piques
A sudden outburst of anger
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expounding
A systematic interpretation or explanation (usually written) of a specific topic
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fortitude
Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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unflinching
Not shrinking from danger
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trepidation
great feat, trembling, or alarm
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scintilla
very small particle; a bright spark
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scintillate
the idea of spark remains
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urbane
gracious, affable, cultivated, suave, tactful etc.
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suburbs
area close to big cities
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exurbs
way outside a large city
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rustic
opposite to urbane ; unsophiticated, boorish, lacking in social graces, uncultured
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boorish
Ill-mannered and coarse and contemptible in behaviour or appearance
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rusticate
spend time in country side

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