CHAPTER 1: CORE VOCABULARY- PART 1 Flashcards by KRYSTALE JOY LANZADERAS | Brainscape

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Mixed feelings

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AMBIVALENT

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A deviation from the norm

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ANOMALY & ATYPICAL

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Derisive mocking comments

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SARCASTIC & SARDONIC

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A scarcity or shortage

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DEARTH & PAUCITY

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To babble incessantly

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PRATTLE

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Dry humor

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WRY

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Not ordinary or typical

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UNCONVENTIONAL & UNORTHODOX

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Highly detailed

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PAINSTAKING, METICULOUS, EXACTING

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Very bold; daring

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AUDACIOUS

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Lack of interest or concern

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INDIFFERENT & APATHETIC

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Lacking self-confidence

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DIFFIDENT

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Practical; sensible

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PRAGMATIC

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An imaginative recreation

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EVOCATION

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Overbearing; impertinently bold

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PRESUMPTUOUS

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Very stubborn; defiant

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RECALCITRANT & OBDURATE

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A timely benefit

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BOON

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A source of harm

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BANE

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A secretive; not aboveboard; covert

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CLANDESTINE & SURPETITIOUS

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An agreeable; friendly

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AFFABLE, AMIABLE, GENIAL, GREGARIOUS

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Puzzled; confused

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CONFOUNDED, PERPLEXED, MYSTIFIED

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An enormous; massive

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PRODIGIOUS

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An unclear; not definitive

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AMBIGUOUS

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To scold; rebuke

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REPROACH & CENSURE

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A sentimental longing for the past

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NOSTALGIA

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An inference

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CONJECTURE & SUPPOSITION

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No longer in use

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OBSOLETE

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Very favorable

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AUSPICIOUS

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Very depressed

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MOROSE & DESPONDENT

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Failure to reach an agreement

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IMPASSE

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Not in the proper time period

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ANACHRONISM

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To give a false impression

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BELIE

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To ease; relieve, lessen

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MITIGATE, MOLLIFY, ASSUAGE, ALLEVIATE

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To strongly desire; to crave

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COVET

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Direct opposite

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ANTITHESIS & ANTIPODAL

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An original model

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PROTOTYPE

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Detached; reserved

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ALOOF

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It is a commonplace.

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TRITE, HACKNEYED, PEDESTRIAN, PLATITUDINOUS, BANAL

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A preceding event

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ANTECEDENT & FORERUNNER

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Believable

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PLAUSIBLE

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Not believeble

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IMPLAUSIBLE

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Careful; cautious

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PRUDENT

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It is an appreciation of what is beautiful or attractive.

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AESTHETIC

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A seeming contradiction that expresses a truth.

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PARADOX

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A mysterious; baffling

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ENIGMATIC & INSCRUTABLE

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To comply

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ACQUIESCE

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Unsophisticated

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NAIVE & CREDULOUS

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Native to an area

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INDIGENOUS & ENDEMIC

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Everywhere; widespread; prevalent

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UBIQUITOUS & PREVALENT

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It is a widespread epidemic.

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PANDEMIC

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It is a strength of mind.

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FORTITUDE

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