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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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Belligerent

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Confused, bewildered

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Bemused

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An illusion, a foolish fancy

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Chimera

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Hot-tempered, quick to anger

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Choleric

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Constant, lasting a long time, inveterate

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Chronic

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A record of events in order of time, a history

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Chronicle

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Roundabout, not following a direct path

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Circuitous

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An indirect expression, use of wordy or evasive language

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Circumlocution

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To break down, to deteriorate

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Degenerate

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Harmful

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Deleterious

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To describe accurately, to draw in outline

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Delineate

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To move to a new country

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Emigrate

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Well-known and respected, standing out from all others in quality or accomplishment, outstanding

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Eminent

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Relying on experience or observation

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Empirical

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Animals

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Fauna

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Fertile, productive

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Fecund

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To make gestures, especially when speaking or in place of speaking

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Gesticulate

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Leadership, nation over another

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Hegemony

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To attack, attack truth or integrity of something

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Impugn

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Silly, senseless

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Inane

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To begin officially, to induct formally into office

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Inaugurate

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Brilliant, giving off heat or light

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Incandescent

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To become weak, depressed

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Languish

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Warlike, having to do with combat

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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

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Martyr

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To enroll, especially in college

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Matriculate

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Showing favoritism to friends of family in business or politics

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Nepotism

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Unknown, hard to understand, dark

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Obscure

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Sorry, repentant, contrite

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Penitent

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Thoughtful and sad

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Pensive

Interprep151-350 (6 decks)

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