Advanced Studies Words Flashcards
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Acquiesce
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Submit or comply silently or without protest
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Abstain
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To hold oneself back voluntarily
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Altruistic
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Selfless Behavior
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Apathy
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Lack of interest or emotion
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Aptitude
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Natural to you
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Aspire
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To long, aim, or seek ambitiously
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Benevolent
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To enjoy helping others / friendly
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Boisterous
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Something or someone noisy, loud, or rowdy
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Benign
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Something good or not dangerous
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Blasé
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Bored; unimpressed
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Bombard
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To attack continuously
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Boycott
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To abstain from buying or using as a form of protest
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Brusque
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Abrupt manners
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Charlatan
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Someone who pretends to have more knowledge than they possess; fraud
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Clandestine
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Done in secrecy
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Complacent
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Pleased with oneself’s faulty
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Copious
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An abundance or fullness
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Covenant
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Agreement between two or more people
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Cumulative
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Increasing or growing
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Cynical
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Distrusting the motives of others
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Deduce
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Solve; come to a logical conclusion
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Diligent
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Hardworking; effort
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Discombobulate
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Confused, WACKED OUT
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Discreet
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Very careful with others secrets
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Dotard
A weak minded or foolish individual
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Eccentric
Weird
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Elude
To avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade
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Enigma
Puzzling
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Epiphany
A sudden insight or realization
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Erudite
Characterized by great knowledge; well read
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Exacerbate
To make a situation worse
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Extemporaneous
Done, spoken, performed ect. without special advance preparation
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Fastidious
Attention to detail
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Foible
A minor weakness of character; slight flaw or defect
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Fortuitous
Happening or produced by chance; accidental
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Fervent
Having or showing great passionate intensity
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Frivolous
Little value; importance
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Frugal
Not wasteful of resources
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Futile
Pointless; unimportant
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Gamut
The entire scale or range
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Gaunt
Extremely thin and bony; sickly
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Genial
Warmly and presently cheerful, Cordial
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Gist
The main or essential part of a matter
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Gratuitous
Given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntarily
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Gregarious
Fond of the company of others
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Grimace
A facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
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Grotesque
Fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre
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Haphazard
No order; disorganized
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Harbinger
Harold the coming of
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Heed
Give careful attention to
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Heirloom
Precious hand-me-down family value
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Hone
Sharpen
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Hypocrite
Someone says not to do something, does that thing in private
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Integrity
High moral values; does the right thing when no one is looking
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Insolent
Boldly rude or insulting
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Insidious
Intended to entrap stealthily
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Impetuous
Doing without thinking
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Juxtaposition
2 things being placed close together
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Jovial
Cheerful or friendly
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Jeopardize
Put something in a situation in which there is danger
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Jettison
Throw or drop something
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Jargon
Words or expressions that are difficult for there to understand
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Kinesthetic
Sensation of movement
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Judicious
Having or showing good judgement
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Juggernaut
A huge, powerful, or overwhelming force
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Laborious
Requiring considerable effort or time
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Lavish
Rich, elaborate, or luxurious
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Magnanimous
very generous or forgiving
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Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad
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Lethargy
Lack of energy
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Malady
a disease or ailment
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Loquacious
Talkative
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Lax
Not strict
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Malevolent
having or showing a wish to do evil to others
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Mellifluous
sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
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Libel
A published fake statement that damages a reputation
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Ludicrous
Foolish
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Longevity
Long life
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Morose
sullen and ill-tempered
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Mundane
lacking interest or excitement
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Myriad
a countless or extremely great number
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Nefarious
Extremely wicked or villainous
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Noxious
Harmful or injurious to health or physical well being
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Nemesis
An opponent or rival person
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Nihilism
Anarchy, terrorism, or other revolutionary activity
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Nostalgia
A sentimental longing or wish
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Novice
A person that is new to something
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Oaf
A stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person
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Ominous
Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen
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Obdurate
Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action
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Ostracize
To exclude someone from a society or group
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Omnipotent
Having unlimited power; able to do anything
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Ostentatious
Designed to impress or attract notice
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Plethora
Large or excessive amount of something
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Philanthropic
Seeking to promote, especially by donating money to a good cause
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Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for the future
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Platitude
A remark or statement that has been used to often to be considered interesting or thoughtful
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Plausible
Seeming reasonable
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Pugnacious
Eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight
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Quintessential
Representing the most perfect or typical example of quality or class
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Qualm
OK and uneasy feeling of doubt, worry, or fear, especially about ones own conduct
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Quandary
A state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation
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Queue
A line of people/vehicles awaiting their turn to proceed
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Quip
A witty remark
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Rapscallion
A mischievous person in a good way
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Recluse
Someone who tends to avoid people
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Refine
To bring to a fine or pure state
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Residual
Part aiming to a residue or left over
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Reticent
Disposed to be silent or not to speak freely
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Savory
Pleasant in scent or taste
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Revere
To regard with respect tinged with awe
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Sedentary
Characterized by or require sitting posture
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Serene
Calm, peaceful, or tranquil
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Subservient
Prepared to obey others unquestionably
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Succinct
Expressed in few words
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Superfluous
Useless
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Talisman
Object that brings good luck
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Tangible
Something you can touch
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Tirade
A long, bitter speech
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Trite
Lacking originality or freshness
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Synergy
Interaction of two or more
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Travesty
An absurd or false misrepresentation
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Tyranny
A cruel rule
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Tome
An especially large, heavy, and scholarly book
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Tangent
To go off of the main course
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Ubiquitous
Found everywhere
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Upbraid
Severely scolded
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Urbane
Having a polished look
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Urchin
A mischievous boy
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Usurp
To hold by force
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Utopia
An ideal/perfect place
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Valor
Great courage in the face of danger
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Verbatim
The same words that were originally used
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Verbose
Expressed in more words than needed
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Vigilant
Keeping careful watch for danger
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Vocation
A strong feeling of suitability for a career
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Vociferous
Expressing feelings loudly
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Volatile
Change rapidly for the worse
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Volition
The power of using one's will
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Waive
Forfeit of someone's own free will
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Wary
Marked by caution
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Witless
Without a sense of humor
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Writhing
In a great deal of pain
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Yuppie
A young, ambitious, and well-education person with a professional career
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Zeal
Great interest
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Zealot
A fanatical person
