601-700 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Archetype
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Classic example of
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Clemency
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Mercy
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Disinterested
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Unbiased
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Flout
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Defy; reject
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Ingenue
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Naive; unsophisticated person
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Mendacious
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Given to lying
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Paucity
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Shortage
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Protean
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Changeable
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Sophomoric
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Juvenile; immature
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Venal
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Corrupt; can be bribed
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Archives
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Collections of old records; place of storage of old documents
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Cliche
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Overused expression; something unorigional
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Disparage
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Criticize; belittle
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Flustered
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Worked-up; not calm
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Ingrate
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Ungrateful person
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Mercenary
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Concerned only with money
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Peccadillo
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Minor weakness; trivial offence
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Protege
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Person under protection of, or guided by another
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Soporific
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Inducing sleep
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Veneer
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Surface coating
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Articulate
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Clear; lucid; eloquent
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Clientele
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Customers
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Disparity
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An inequality
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Fly-by-night
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Unreliable; disreputable
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Inimical
Hostile
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Mercurial
Volatile; changeable
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Pedant
Person who insists on strict adherence to rules of narrow leaning
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Protocol
Procedure; code of behavior
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Sparse
Spare; bare; meager
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Venerate
Revere; worship
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Artifice
Deception; trickery
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Coalesce
Come together; merge
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Dispassionate
Neutral; objective
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Forensic
Concerned with argument or debate (esp. for legal evidence)
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Innate
Inherited; inborn
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Merge
Come together
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Pedestrian
Common; mundane; banal
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Provincial
Unsophisticated; narrow-minded
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Specious
False
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Venial
Minor; unimportant
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Artisan
Craftsman
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Coddle
Pamper; fuss over; indulge
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Disseminating
Circulating; broadcasting; spreading (information)
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Fortitude
Bravery
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Innocuous
Harmless; inoffensive
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Metaphorically
Symbolically; figuratively
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Peerless
Without equal
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Prudent
Cautious; wise
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Speckled
Spotted; freckled; dotted
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Veracity
Truthfulness
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Ascetic
Without luxuries; severely simple
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Coercion
Force
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Diurnal
Active in daytime
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Fortuitous
Happening by chance
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Innovate
Create; introduce something new
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Meticulous
Very careful; painstaking
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Pejorative
Derogatory
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Puerile
Childish
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Sporadic
Not continuous; intermittent
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Verbose
Talkative; long-winded; rambling
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Assiduous
Thorough; diligent
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Cogent
Lucid; well argued
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Divert
1. Entertain
2. Distract
3. Cause a detour
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Fractious
Irritable; difficult to control
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Inscrutable
Mysterious; impenetrable
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Mettle
Courage; bravery; valor
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Pellucid
Transparently clear
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Punctilious
Paying attention to small details
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Spurious
False
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Verbosity
Using too many words
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Assuage
To calm
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Cogitate
Think over something; ponder
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Docile
Gentle and easily lead
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Fraudulent
Fake; false
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Insentient
Unfeeling
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Milieu
Environment
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Pensive
In a thoughtful mood; thinking deeply
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Purloin
Steal
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Stagnant
Still; not moving
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Vertigo
Dizziness
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Astute
Perceptive; sharp-witted
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Collage
Picture made from fragments of other pictures
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Dogmatic
Having stubbornly held opinions
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Frivolous
Not serious
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Insipid
Dull; bland; boring
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Mire
Swamp; muddy ground
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Penury
Poverty
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Staid
Dull; sober; serious
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Vestigial
Not developed
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Asylum
Place of refuge or safety
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Collate
Arrange in order
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Dolt
Stupid person
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Frugal
Economical; not wasting anything
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Instigate
To start; provoke
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Misanthrope
Hater of the rest of mankind
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Perceptive
Observant
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Pyromania
Compulsion to start fires
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Stanza
Section of a poem
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Vignette
Small sketch
