201-300 Flashcards

(67 cards)

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Dissolute

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Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices

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Disparate

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Being unequal in age rank or degree

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Divisive

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Creating dissension or discord

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Doctor

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To falsify or change to make favorable

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Doleful

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Filled with grief

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Domineering

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To rule over arrogantly; tyrannize

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Dour

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Unyielding or stubborn

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Droll

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Amusingly odd or whimsically comical

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Dubious

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Of questionable character

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Duplicity

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Deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech

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Effete

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Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness

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Efficacious

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Capable of producing a desirable effect

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Effrontery

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Brazen boldness

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Effusive

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Expressive in emotional expression

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Elicit

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To bring or draw out

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Elitist

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Belief that certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by the virtue if their status

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Elucidate

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To make clear by explanation

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Eminent

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Towering over others of high rank

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Ennui

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Dissatisfaction resulting from the lack of interest; boredom

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Epiphany

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Comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization

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Epitome

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Example of a class or type

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Equanimity

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Calm and even tempered, composure

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Erroneous

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Containing error; mistaken

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Ethereal

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Characterized by lightness; intangibility

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Euphoric
Great happiness or well being
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Evade
To escape to avoid by cleverness or deceit
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Evocation
Creation anew through the power of memory or imagination
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Evocative
Having the power to draw forth or bring out something latent or hidden
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Exacerbate
To increase the severity or violence of
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Exacting
Precise; not allowing deviation
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Exasperate
To annoy greatly
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Exhaustive
Thorough and treating all parts without omission
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Exorbitant
Exceeding all bounds; excessive
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Expeditious
Actin or done with speed and efficiency
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Extol
To praise highly
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Exuberant
Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy
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Fabrication
A lie
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Facile
Done or achieved with little effort or difficulty
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Facsimiles
Exact copy or reproduction
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Fanaticism
Irrational zeal or enthusiasm
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Fanfare
A spectacular public display
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Fastidious
Displaying careful or meticulous attention to detail
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Fathom
To comprehend the nature or meaning of
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Fawn
To seek or favor attention by flattery or obsequious behavior
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Feckless
Lacking purpose or vitality
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Feign
To fake or give a false impression of
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Felicity
Great happiness; bliss
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Fervor
Great warmth and intensity of emotion
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Fidelity
Great happiness; bliss
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Finite
Limited or having bounds
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Fledgling
Young or inexperienced person
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Flippant
Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness
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Florid
Very ornate or flowery
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Foreshorten
To reduce in length; to curtail of abridge
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Fortify
To strengthen or invigorate
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Fortitude
Strength of the mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage
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Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chance
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Fractious
Inclined to make trouble
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Frugal
Sparingly using money for material resources
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Fruitless
Unproductive
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Furnish
To equip with what is needed
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Furtive
Characterized by stealth; surreptitious
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Galling
To irk or exasperate; vex
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Galvanize
To arouse to awareness or action; spur
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Glut
An excess or too much of something
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Grim
Uninviting or unnerving in aspect; forbidding
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Grumbler
To complain in a surely matter; mutter discontently