Chapter 1 (1-50) Flashcards by Phuong Bui

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AMBIVALENT

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mixed feelings

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ANOMALY

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a deviation from the norm

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SARCASTIC, SARDONIC, SNIDE

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mocking, derisive comment

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DEARTH, PAUCITY

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a scarcity or shortage

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PRATTLE

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to babble incessantly

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WRY

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dry humor

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UNCONVENTIONAL, UNORTHODOX

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not ordinary or typical

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PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS, EXACTING

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highly detailed

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AUDACIOUS

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very bold; daring

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INDIFFERENT, APATHETIC

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lack of interest or concern

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DIFFIDENT

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lacking self-confidence

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PRAGMATIC

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practical, sensible

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EVOCATION

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an imaginative re-creation

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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overbearing; impertinently bold

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RECALCITRANT

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very stubborn, defiant

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BOON

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a timely benefit

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BANE

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a source of harm

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CLANDESTINE, SURREPTITIOUS

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secretive; covert; not ABOVEBOARD

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AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS

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agreeable; friendly

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AUSTERE

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bare; not ORNATE

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AUSTERITY

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enforced economy

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ALTRUISTIC

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unselfish concern for others

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AMBIGUOUS

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unclear; not definitive

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UPBRAID, REPROACH, CASTIGATE

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to scold; rebuke

NOSTALGIA

a sentimental longing for the past

CONJECTURE

an inference

OBSOLETE, ARCHAIC, ANTIQUATED

no longer in use

AUSPICIOUS, PROPITIOUS

very favorable

MOROSE

very depressed

IMPASSE

failure to reach an agreement

ANACHRONISM

not in the proper time period

BELIE

to give a false impression

MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE

to relieve; to lessen; to ease

COVET

to strongly desire; to crave

ANTITHESIS, ANTITHETICAL, ANTIPODAL

direct opposite

PROTOTYPE

an original model

ALOOF

detached; reserved

TRITE, HACKNEYED, BANAL, PLATITUDINOUS, INSIPID, PEDESTRIAN

commonplace

ANTEDECENT, FORERUNNER, PRECURSOR

a preceding event

PLAUSIBLE

believable

IMPLAUSIBLE

unbelievable

PRUDENT

careful; cautious

AESTHETIC

an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive

PARADOX

a seeming contradiction that expresses a truth

ENIGMATIC, INSCRUTABLE

mysterious; baffling

ACQUIESCE

to comply

NAIVE, GULLIBLE, CREDULOUS

unsophisticated

AUTONOMOUS

independent

FUTILE

doomed to failure

INDIGENOUS, ENDEMIC

native to an area

UBIQUITOUS, PREVALENT

everywhere; widespread

PANDEMIC

widespread epidemic

FORTITUDE

strength of mind