Advantage Testing Vocabulary Lists 6-10 Flashcards
(192 cards)
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ascetic
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- one who refuses bodily pleasures
2. without luxuries
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assiduous
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hard-working
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audit
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to examine officially, as in financial records
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austere
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- strict; harsh
2. not luxurious; extremely plain
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avarice
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greed
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coffer
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box for storing valuables
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consortium
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association; business partnership
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cosset
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to pamper; to spoil
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cupidity
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greed
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decadent
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- excessively self-indulgent
2. decaying or deteriorating
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disburse
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to pay out money
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florid
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- flowery; heavily decorated
2. having a rosy color
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genteel
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upper-class; elegant; polite
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gilt
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- gold colored; covered in a thin layer of gold
2. a gold-colored coating
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gratis
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free of charge
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hedonist
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one who loves physical pleasures
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ignominious
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dishonorable
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licentiousness
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ignoring moral restrictions; self-indulgence
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lionize
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to treat as very important; to turn into a celebrity
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mendicant
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a beggar
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monastic
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without luxuries
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munificence
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generosity
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opulent
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wealthy; abundant
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ostentatious
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showy; extravagant
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parsimony
stinginess; miserliness
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pecuniary
relating to money
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penurious
1. very poor
| 2. stingy
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profligate
very wasteful; extravagant
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purseless
poor
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purveyor
supplier
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rapacity
extreme greed
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remunerate
to pay for services provided
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seduluous
hard-working
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self-abnegating
self-denying; living without luxuries or pleasures
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skinflint
a cheap person
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spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
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sumptuous
costly; luxurious
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sybarite
one who loves luxuries
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tawdry
cheap; tacky; in bad taste
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travail
painfully difficult work; suffering
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urbane
polite; elegantly mannered; sophisticated
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abate
to decrease in force
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alacrity
eagerness; cheerful promptness
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amalgam
mixture
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anachronistic
out of place in time
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anomalous
unusual; out of place
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aphorism
a short, wise saying
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banal
ordinary; boring
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calving
1. give birth to calf
| 2. losing part of oneselg
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cataclysmic
terrible; tragic
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cavort
to run around in a playful manner
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chary
careful; wary
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coagulate
to clot (e.g blood); to come together
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commiserate
to feel or show pity for; to sympathize
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conflagration
large fire
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contiguous
side by side; touching
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countermand
command replacing a previous one
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disapprobation
disapproval
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dotard
stupid person
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dulcet
pleasant-sounding
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elocution
art of speaking well, especially in public
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entomology
study of insects
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facetiousness
inappropriate humor; wit
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floe
chunk of floating ice
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foible
minor flaw or weakness
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glib
slick (as in speech); superficial
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impecunious
having no money
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indefatigable
tireless; energetic
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indoctrination
the teaching of a certain point of view; brain-washing
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intrepid
brave; fearless
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investiture
process of investing, as with a rank, office or title
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lachrymose
tending to cry often; teary-eyed
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lexicon
1. dictionary
| 2. special vocabulary of a group or field
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liniment
a soothing lotion
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malefactor
evildoer
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menagerie
zoo
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monastic
without luxuries
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morose
gloomy; depressed
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noisome
offensive; disgusting
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obdurate
stubborn
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omnipotent
all-powerful
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oracular
making wise or authoritative statements
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panacea
1. cure-all
| 2. complete perfection
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paragon
symbol of excellence
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perennial
lasting forever
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pernicious
dangerous
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ponderous
heavy; dull; lifeless
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prolific
creative; producing a lot of something
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quaff
to drink deeply; to gulp
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recalcitrant
disobedient; refusing to be controlled
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rife
widespread; frequent
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rostrum
platform for public speaking
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salubrious
good for one's health
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soporific
causing sleep; boring
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stolid
unexcitable; showing very little emotion
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surreptitious
sneaky
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tacit
expressed without words
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technocrat
one who believes in government by technical experts
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tensile
bendable
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unabashedly
unashamedly; without excuse or explanation
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unremitting
constant
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untillable
barren; not fertile
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vacuous
1. empty
| 2. stupid
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vapid
without force; uninteresting
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vestigial
having a trace of something lost
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virulent
1. harmful
| 2. bitter
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vociferous
loud and demanding
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whelp
young animal
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aggregate
to gather
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ancillary
secondary; additional
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contiguous
side by side; touching
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cull
to select and remove the best or worst
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enclave
an area within a larger area
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endemic
widespread within a limited area
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enervate
to weaken
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gamut
entire range of something
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influx
mass entry; inflow
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inordinate
beyond normal limits; excessive
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intersperse
to place or scatter something throughout something else
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interstitial
relating to small spaces between things
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mélange
a mixture
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modicum
small amount
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mote
a small particle
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nominal
1. in name only
| 2. small; insignificant
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omnipresent
everywhere at once
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paltry
unimportant; insignificant
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panoply
wide-ranging collection
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paucity
lack; shortage
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sheaf
a bundle
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spate
sudden outpouring; large number
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variegated
1. multi-colored
| 2. various; diverse
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accost
to approach and speak to aggressively
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aphorism
a short, wise saying
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appellation
a name or title
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bombast
pompous speech
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broach
1. to begin to talk about
| 2. to open
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burlesque
1. (n.) a play or literary work that uses mocking imitation
| 2. (v.) to ridicule by mocking
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cogent
persuasive; convincing
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cohere
to come together; to make sense
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construe
to interpret; to understand meaning
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dictum
a formal statement of opinion
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didactic
intending to teach; preachy
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discourse
speech; conversation
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discursive
wandering from one topic to another
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doggerel
a comic poem
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elucidate
to make clear
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embellish
1. to decorate; to improve
| 2. to exaggerate
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emend
to correct a text
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epigram
a short; witty saying
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epitaph
an inscription on a tombstone
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erudition
knowledge acquired through study
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etymology
history of a word
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explicate
to explain
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expound
to explain in detal
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garrulous
overly talkative
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glib
slick (as in speech); superficial
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ineffable
unable to be expressed in words
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interpolate
1. to insert comments into a text or a conversation
| 2. to estimate
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intone
to chant; to vocalize
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laconic
not talkative
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lexicon
1. dictionary
| 2. special vocabulary of a group or field
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lilt
a rhythmic way of speaking
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litany
long; repetitive speech or list
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malapropism
use of a wrong word
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maxim
a short, familiar saying
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misnomer
an inaccurate name
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missive
letter or message
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neologism
a new word or phrase
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opine
to state as an opinion
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pedagogical
relating to teaching
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pith
central or essential part
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platitude
cliché; trite or overused remark
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polyglot
speaking or including several languages
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précis
summary
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promulgate
to announce formally
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propound
to state an idea
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pseudo
false; fake
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pundit
an expert who voices opinions
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repartee
witty conversation
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reticent
quiet; not talkative
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semantic
focusing on the exact meaning of words
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stenography
fast writing; shorthand
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suasion
the act of persuading
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sycophant
flatterer; asskisser
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toady
flatterer; kissass
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tome
a long book
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typographical
related to typing or printing
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verbatim
word for word; exact
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verbose
using more words than necessary
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vociferous
loud and demanding
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voluble
very talkative
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wheedle
to persuade by flattery
