CAT Vocabulary Flashcards
(54 cards)
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Patron
A
Supporter
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Expatriate
A
A person who lives outside their country
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Compassion
A
Sympathy
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Impassive
A
Emotionless
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Cacaphony
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A harsh discordant mixture of sounds
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Pugnacious/Beliigerent
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Eager of Quick to argue
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Repugnant
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Disgusting
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Impugn/Oppugn/Censure
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Challenge a statement or truth
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Pugilist
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Boxer (A professional one)
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Desecrate
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Violate/Spoil something
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Sacrosanct
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regarded as too important
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Transcend
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Surpass
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Condescend
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Show that one feels superior
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Somnolent
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Sleepy
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Somnambulist
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Sleepwalker
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Somniloquy
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Sleeptalking
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Somniferous
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Sleep inducing
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Sophistry
A
Deception
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Sophist
A
Debater
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Belie
A
false representation/misrepresent
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Chastise
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to reprimand harshly
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Gall
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being rude
Alternative word - Impertinent
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Gossamer
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Characterized by lightness & delicacy
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Tortous
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Full of twists and turns
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Soporific
Sleep inducing (somniferous)
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Provincial
Characteristic of a limited prespective
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Incorrigible
Not able to be changed or corrected
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Hackneyed / Banal
Lacking significance due to overuse
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Ubiquitous
Meaning : present, appearing, or found everywhere.
Use : "his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family"
Tamil : எல்லா இடத்திலும் இருக்கிற
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Burgeon
Grow and Flourish
"the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
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Construe
Interpreted in a particular way
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Intransigent
Unwilling to change one views
| Use : Her father had tried persuasion, but she was intransigent
## Footnote
Tamil translation: சமாதானத்திற்கு ஒப்பாத
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Largess
Extreme generosity and giving
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Temperance
quality of moderation
தன்னடக்கம்
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Opaque
Not clearly understood or expressed
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Exalt
Praise or glorify
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Espouse
To adapt or support a cause
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Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details or rules
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Unscrupulous
Without principles
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Ignoble
Dishonorable
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Exonerate
## Footnote
Hint : _indicate, criminal
Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges / guilty
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Denigrate
critize unfairly
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Bumbling
lacking physical movement skills
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Expound
Add details or explanation
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Contigent
Dependant on/subject to chance
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Bumbling
Acting in a confused way
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Apocryphal
## Footnote
Hint : Implausible
Being of questionable authority (Plausible but false)
| Use : *"there is an apocryphal story about a disgraced rock star who end
## Footnote
Tamil :கட்டுக் கதையான
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Admonitory
Serving to warn (Warning)
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Abstruce
Difficult to understand
Alternative words: Recondite/Obscure
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Aberrant/Peculiar/Idiosyncray
Different from an accepted standard
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Acerbic
Harsh in tone
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Petulant
easily irritated or annoyed
| Use : "he was moody and petulant"
## Footnote
Tamil: வெடுவெடுப்பான
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Implacable
Incapable of making less angry or hostile
| Use : he was an implacable enemy of Ted's
## Footnote
Tamil :எளிதில் அமைதிப் படுத்த முடியாத
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Indifference
The trait of seeming not to care
| Use : She shrugged, feigning indifference
## Footnote
அலட்சியம்
