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Basic Flashcards

1
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Jocular

A

Humorous/ playful

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Obtuse

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Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand

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Cumbersome

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Difficult to carry // Slow & inefficient

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Muted

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Quiet and soft (relating to sound/ voice); not expressed strongly

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5
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Spartan

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Unconcerned with comfort

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Implausible

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Unreasonable or unlikely (of a statement)

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7
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Chauvinist

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Elitist

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8
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Corroborate

A

Confirm

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Veritable

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Truly or very much so

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10
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Perennial

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Everlasting

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11
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Equivocate

A

Speak vaguely in order to hide the truth

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12
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Pith

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The essence of something

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13
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Miser

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A person who is cheap

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14
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Estimable

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Deserving respect

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15
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Attenuate

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Reduce the force or value of / reduce thickness

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16
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Heyday

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Pinaccle

17
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Effervescent

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Bubbly

18
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Vitriol

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Abusive language / bitter criticism

19
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Panacea

A

Cure-all

20
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Unforthcoming

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Not willing to divulge information // Not made ready when wanted or needed

21
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Languish

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Become weak

22
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Improvident

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Not having foresight / thoughtless

23
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Assiduously

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With great care and perserverance

24
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Creditable

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Deserving public acknowledgement but not necessarily outstanding/ succesful

25
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Unequivocal

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Leaving no doubt; unambigious

26
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Elude

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Evace or escape from, typically in cunning way // (idea) failed to be understood by someone// achievement failed to be attained

27
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Artlessness

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Innocence / naivete

28
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Juggernaut

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Unstoppable force / institution

29
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Obliging

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Helpful/ kind

30
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Inimitable

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So good it can’t be replicated

31
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Dispassionate

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Not influenced by emotion; rational/ impartial

32
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Base

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Without principle (then there is the other base…)

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