201-250 Flashcards

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Hard to understand, over ones head

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Recondite

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A strong taste or liking for something, predilection

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Penchant

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A bitter counteraccusation

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Recrimination

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Fragrant

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Redolent

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Having nothing to do with religion or spiritual concerns

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Secular

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Treason, the incitement of public disorder or rebellion

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Sedition

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To separate

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Segregate

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Having to do with the senses or sensation

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Sensory

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Boldness, recklessness, audacity

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Temerity

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Mild, moderate, restrained

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Temperate

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Consistent, unchanging, the same for everyone

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Uniform

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Using too many words, not succinct, circumlocutory

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Verbose

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Similarity to reality, the appearance of truth

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Verisimilitude

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Wild or excessive admiration, flattery

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Adulation

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To contaminate, to make impure

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Adulterate

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Unfavorable, antagonistic

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Adverse

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Having to do with artistic beauty, artistic

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Aesthetic

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Easy to talk to, friendly

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Affable

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Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress

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Affectation

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Sympathy, attraction, kinship, similarity

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Affinity

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Combative, quarrelsome, waging war

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Confused, bewildered

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An illusion, a foolish fancy

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Hot-tempered, quick to anger

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Constant, lasting a long time, inveterate
Chronic
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A record of events in order of time, a history
Chronicle
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Roundabout, not following a direct path
Circuitous
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An indirect expression, use of wordy or evasive language
Circumlocution
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To break down, to deteriorate
Degenerate
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Harmful
Deleterious
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To describe accurately, to draw in outline
Delineate
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To move to a new country
Emigrate
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Well-known and respected, standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment, outstanding
Eminent
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Relying on experience or observation
Empirical
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Animals
Fauna
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Fertile, productive
Fecund
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To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking
Gesticulate
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Leadership, nation over another
Hegemony
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To attack, attack truth or integrity of something
Impugn
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Silly, senseless
Inane
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To begin officially, to induct formally into office
Inaugurate
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Brilliant, giving off heat or light
Incandescent
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To become weak, depressed
Languish
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Warlike, having to do with combat
Martial
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Someone who gives up his or her life in pursuit of a cause, a religious one, one who suffers for a cause
Martyr
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To enroll, especially in college
Matriculate
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Showing favoritism to friends of family in business or politics
Nepotism
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Unknown, hard to understand, dark
Obscure
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Sorry, repentant, contrite
Penitent
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Thoughtful and sad
Pensive