1203 Flashcards

(58 cards)

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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts

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Leery

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Cautious due to realistic suspicions

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Unmarred

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Free from physical /moral spots
Unblemished
Unstained
Not damaged

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4
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address

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Handle

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5
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Advance

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Suggest

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Apparent

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Evident seeming ostensible

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Betray

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Disclose reveal

Confusion betrayed his guilt

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Compromise

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Damage, bring shame to

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9
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Contain

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Surround and control / 봉쇄하다

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10
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Critical

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Important or condemnatory

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11
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The more the city air would become increasingly acidic

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X

Increasingly acidic the closer one came to town (0)

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12
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Lift

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Remove

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13
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Not least

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Especially

Trade has been bad, not least because of the increased cost of raw materials

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Qualtified

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Limit restrict

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15
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On

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Since then

Ex who photographed it continually from his teenage years on

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16
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Aloof

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Remote in attitude

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Ambivalent

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Two faced two minds

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18
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Compassionate

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Sympathetic

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Condescending

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Patronizing behavior

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20
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Cynical

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Distrustful

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21
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Defensive

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Self-justifying

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Detachment

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Indifference

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Didactic

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Instructive

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Disdain

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Disparaging
Disapproving
26
Dispassionate
Unbiased
27
Esteem
Respect
28
Flippant
Lacking proper seriousness
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Grudging
Unwilling
30
Hypocritical
Insincere
31
Ironic
Contrary to what was expected
32
Judicious
Prudent
33
Naive
Unsophisticated
34
Objective
Impartial
35
Pedantic
Excessively bookish
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Prosaic
Commonplace
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Resigned
Accepting the inevitable
38
Sarcasm
Stinging rebuke
39
Satirical
Exposing folly to ridicule
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Trite
Cliched
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Whimsical
Capricious
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conclusive
Definitive
43
Criterion
Standard used in judging something
44
Excerpt
A selection from a longer work
45
Implication
An indirect suggestion
46
Imply
To suggest without stating explicitly
47
Tentative
Provisional
48
Theoretical
Not concrete
49
Analogy
Similarity of functions
50
Antithesis
Direct opposite
51
Argumentative
Presenting a logical argument
52
Assertion
Declaration
53
Expository
Concerned with explaining ideas or principle
54
Indicative
Suggestive
55
Misconception
Mistaken idea
56
Preclude
Keep from happening
57
Rhetorical
Relating to the effective use of language
58
Thesis
The central idea in a piece of writing