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Group 2 Flashcards

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Sanction

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  1. (POSITIVE meaning) Official or authoritative permission or authorization; support or encouragement
    (v) To approve or authorize officially;
    to support or tolerate by showing approval
  2. (NEGATIVE meaning) A penalty meant to force compliance;
    a military or economic measure adopted by several nations and meant to coerce another nation violating international law
    (v) To penalize, especially for a violation of international law
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Complaisant

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(adj.) Agreeable, eager to please, obliging

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UBIQUITOUS

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(adj.) Existing or present everywhere; constantly encountered or widespread

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DISTEND

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(v) To extend; to swell from internal pressure

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VACILLATE

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(v) To hesitate or waver in forming an opinion or making a decision
(v) To fluctuate or oscillate

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PERFIDY

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(n) 1. The quality or state of being disloyal; treachery; faithlessness
2. An act of disloyalty

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DERIVATIVE

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(adj.) Not original; secondary or copied
(adj.) Derived

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FRACAS

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(n) A noisy, loud quarrel, brawl, or disturbance

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EXPLICIT

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(adj.) Fully and clearly expressed, without leaving anything to implication
(adj.) Fully developed or defined
(adj.) Forthright and unambiguous in expression

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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(adj.) Overstepping the bounds of what’s right or proper; inappropriately forward or taking liberties

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EXTRANEOUS

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Irrelevant, unrelated, not pertinent
Nonessential, not vital
Coming from outside

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SLIGHT

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(v) 1. To treat as unimportant or make light of
2. To treat with distain or discourteous inattention
3. To do inattentively or negligently
(n) An instance of being slighted
(adj.) 1. Slim or delicate of body
2. Small in size, extent, or quantity
3. Trifling, trivial, or unimportant
4. Lacking strength or substance; flimsy

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VIGOR

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(n) Active strength or energy; vitality

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TRANSPARENT

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(adj.) Permitting the passage of light; sheer enough to see through
(adj.) Frank, candid, and free of deceit or pretense
(adj.) Obvious; readily seen or understood
(adj.) Open with regards to methods or practices, especially in business

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PRISTINE

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(adj.) Belonging or related to the original, earliest condition; primitive
(adj.) Remaining in a pure, unspoiled state; untouched by civilization
(adj.) Clean as if new

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CONFOUND

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(v) To confuse, perplex, or stump; to throw into disorder
(v) To mix up; to fail to notice differences
(v) To refute, prove wrong, or put to shame

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CONSOLE

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(v) To comfort; to alleviate someone’s grief, suffering, or sense of loss
(n) 1. a cabinet (such as for a television) designed to stand on the floor
2. the control unit of a computer, electrical system, vehicle, etc.

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DISCRETE

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(n) Separate or distinct; an individual thing
(n) Consisting of unconnected individual parts; not continuous

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SPECIOUS

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(adj.) Deceptive in attractions or allure
(adj.) Falsely appearing true, genuine, or plausible

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APPROBATION

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(n) Official approval
(n) Commendation; praise; a warm expression of approval

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CONCUR

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(v) To agree, cooperate, or coincide

22
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NADIR

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(adj.) The lowest point
(adj.) A point on the celestial sphere, opposite the zenith and below the observer

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TRACTABILITY

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(n) Capacity for being led, controlled, or taught; docility
(n) Malleability; ease of being handled or worked with

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IMPERMEABLE

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(adj.) Impassable; not permeable; preventing passage through or into itself (such as by a liquid—e.g., an impermeable raincoat)

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DENUNCIATION

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(n) 1. Public condemnation or censure
2. An accusation of a crime

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LACKLUSTER

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(adj.) Without luster or brilliance; dull

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FOMENT

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(v) To foster or promote the development of; to incite or rouse

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COLLUDE

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(v) Conspire; cooperate for illegal or faudulent purposes

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VERACITY

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(n) Conformity or adherence to the truth or accuracy

30
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DIFFUSE

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(adj.) Dispersed; spread out
(adj.) Wordy and poorly organized

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INNOCUOUS

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(adj.) Harmless or without negative effect
(adj.) Unlikely to offend or inspire a strong reaction; insipid or bland

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AUDACIOUS

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(adj.) Recklessly bold
(adj.) Insolent or contemptuous of rules
(adj.) Original and spirited

33
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EXCULPATE

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(v) To clear from a charge or guilt

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ABATE

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(v) To reduce in degree, amount, or intensity

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OBSTINATE

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(adj.) Stubbornly sticking to an attitude, opinion, purpose, or course against argument or persuasion; difficult to control, subdue, or remedy

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PRODIGIOUS

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(adj.) Impressive or extraordinary in bulk, amount, or degree; enormous
(adj.) Marvelous; eliciting amazement

37
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STOLID

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(adj.) Unemotional or impassive

38
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ALLEVIATE

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(v) To mitigate, lessen, or make bearable

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LEVY

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(v) 1. To impose and collect (such as a tax)
2. To draft troops into military service
3. To declare and wage war

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EXACERBATE

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(v) To make more severe, violent, or bitter; to aggravate, intensify, or inflame

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COVERT

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(adj.) Not openly done, acknowledged, or avowed; veiled
(adj.) Sheltered or covered

42
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APPRISE

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(v) To inform, tell, or give notice to

43
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RECALCITRANT

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(adj.) Stubbornly resisting or defying authority or guidance

44
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DERISION

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(n) Ridicule, mockery, or scorn

45
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TACITURN

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(adj.) Disinclined to speak by temperament

46
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BLITHE

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(adj.) Lighthearted, carefree, joyous, or gaily cheerful
(adj.) Thoughtless, heedless, or without regard or consideration

47
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CONVOKE

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(v) To call (as a group of people) to a meeting

48
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CATHOLIC

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(adj.) Universal, broad-minded

49
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MARTINET

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(n) Person who adheres to rules extremely closely; a disciplinarian

50
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PONDEROUS

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(adj.) Of great weight; unwieldy due to heaviness and bulk
(adj.) Labored, dull, or lifeless

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