100 words to know Flashcards by Aldo de Souza

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empathy

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sensitivity to another’s feelings as if they were one’s own

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complacency

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self-satisfied ignorance of danger

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hypocrisy

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pretending to believe what one does not

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clandestine

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secret

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despot

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one who has total power and rules brutally

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demure

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quiet, modest, reserved

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embezzle

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to steal money by falsifying records

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something that differs from the norm

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aberration

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short, abrupt, dismissive

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brusque

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obscure, secret, known only by a few

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arcane

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decry

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to criticize openly

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gratuitous

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uncalled for, unwarranted

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diligent

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showing care in doing one’s work

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impeccable

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exemplary, flawless

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circumspect

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cautious

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debase

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to lower the quality or esteem of something

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to hate, detest

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to abhor

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deride

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to laugh at mockingly, scorn

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to urge, coax

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to cajole

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chide

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to voice disapproval

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fractious

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troublesome or irritable

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excessively bold, brash, clear and obvious

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brazen

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candor

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honesty, frankness

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eagerness, speed

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alacrity

confidant

a person entrusted with secrets

deferential

showing respect for another’s authority

harsh, cold, unfeeling

callous

to calm, satisfy

to appease

gluttony

overindulgence in food or drink

extol

to praise, revere

coerce

to make somebody do something by force or threat

coherent

logically consistent, intelligible

excessive greed

avarice

forsake

to give up, renounce

impudent

casually rude, insolent, impertinent

impertinent

rude, insolent

friendly

amiable

enmity

ill will, hatred, hostility

fabricate

to make up, invent

erudite

learned

implacable

incapable of being appeased or mitigated

elated

overjoyed, thrilled

incisive

clear, sharp, direct

furtive

secretive, sly

haughty

disdainfully proud

flabbergasted

astounded

eloquent

expressive, articulate, moving

cumulative

increasing, building upon itself

connive

to plot, scheme

feral

wild, savage