Flash Card 3 Flashcards by Chaeeun Oh | Brainscape

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jarring

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incongruous in shocking way; clashing

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juvenile

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childish; immature

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latent

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present but not yet developed or active

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mandate

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an official order; instruction

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melancholy

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sadness with no obvious cause

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mirth

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amusement

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mutate

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change in form or nature

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mystifying

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perplexing; very strange

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neglect

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fail to care for properly

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nondescript

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lacking distinctive or interesting features

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ornamental

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decorative

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paucity

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insufficient of something

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perceive

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discern; become aware or conscious

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porous

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has many small holes

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posit

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to assume or suggest that it is true

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pragmatic

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practical; realistic; 너…T야?

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premeditated

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planned beforehand

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prestige

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high status or reputation

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presume

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to expect of assume

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prevail

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win; pursuade

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profusion

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abundance; large quantity

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quarrel

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angry disagreement; argument

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recant

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withdraw past statements

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recount

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tell someone about something

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refute

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prove to be wrong

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reinforce

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strengthen

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relentless

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unceasingly intense; without-stopping

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replenish

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fill up again

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replicable

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able to be reproduced exactly

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reprise

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repeat

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repudiate

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refuse to accept; reject

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repulse

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drive back by force

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resilient

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withstand or recover quickly

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retaliate

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fight back

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revitalize

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restore something to life

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rudimentary

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only basic

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skeptical

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doubtful

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speculate

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to think about something and make guesses about it

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strenuously

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showing strong feelings or great energy

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subsist

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survive at a minimal level

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succumb

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fail to resist pressure

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supplement

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something that is added

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supposition

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belief

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surmise

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guess; suppose that something is true

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surpassed by

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beyond; exceed

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tenuous

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very weak or slight

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tranquilly

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calmly

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transcending

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go beyond the limit

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unanimity

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agreement

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consensus

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a general agreement

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ungainliness

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having an awkward appearance

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verisimilitude

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being true or real

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veteran

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experienced person

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veteran

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experienced person

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vigor

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active strength or force

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waive

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refrain from insisting

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wayward

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selfish or unpredictable behavior; difficult to control