Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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Paucity

A

smallness in number

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2
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Succinct

A

concise, clear and brief

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3
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Pliant

A

flexible, yielding

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4
Q

Surfeit

A

excess, surplus

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5
Q

Flout

A

mock

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6
Q

Disaffected

A

unfriendly, disloyal

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7
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Redoubtable

A

might

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8
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Abject

A

pathetic, miserable

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9
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Expiate

A

atone, redeem

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10
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Countervail

A

make up for

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11
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Captious

A

fault-finding, critical

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12
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Scurrilous

A

offensive, obscenee

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13
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Hackneyed

A

trite, dull, common

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14
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Improvident

A

careless, not providing for future

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15
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Credulous

A

gullible

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16
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Dilatory

A

tardy, lazy

17
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Sufferable

A

tolerable, bearable

18
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Buttress

A

to reinforce or support

19
Q

Encomium

A

a tribute, warm praise

20
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Sedulous

A

diligent

21
Q

Ineluctable

A

inevitable

22
Q

Obtreperous

A

noisy

23
Q

Retinue

A

group, gang

24
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Limpid

A

clear, transparent

25
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Ebullient

A

full of enthusiasm

26
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Abstruse

A

complex, hard to understand

27
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Vitiate

A

to corrupt, reduce in value or quality

28
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Recondite

A

profound, mystical

29
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Pusillanimous

A

cowardly

30
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Antediluvian

A

very old

31
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Emollient

A

softening and soothing

32
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Panacea

A

cure-all

33
Q

Ancillary

A

accessory, subordinate, helping

34
Q

Replete

A

stuffed, completely filled

35
Q

Hindrance

A

an obstruction