Day Two Flashcards
(113 cards)
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Skeptic
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A doubter
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Charlatan
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A fake; a fraud;a cheat
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Rhetorician
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An eloquent writer/ speaker
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Hedonist
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Seeker of pleasure
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Ascetic
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A person who leads a life of self denial
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Raconteur
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A person who excels in telling anecdotes
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Iconoclast
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Someone who attacks cherished ideas and institutions
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Dilettante
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An amateur or dabbler
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Partisan
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A person with biased beliefs
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Mentor
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A teacher; a guide; an advisor
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Demagogue
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A speaker who appeals to emotions l, fears or prejudices
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Automaton
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A person who acts in a mechanical fashion; a mindless follower
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Recluse
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A person who leads a secluded, solitary life
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Bungler
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A clumsy or inept person
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Clairvoyant
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A person who uses intuition to see into the future; a seer
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Prognosticator
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A person who makes predictions based upon data
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Pundit
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A professional commentator
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Zealot
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A very enthusiastic person
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Neophyte
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A beginner
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Novice
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A beginner
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Greenhorn
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A beginner
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Benefactor
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A person who gives gifts
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Beneficiary
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A person who receives gifts
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Dissembler
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A liar; deceiver
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Prevaricator
A liar; deceiver
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Prodigy
A Young genius
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Oracle
A person who is a source of wise counsel and prophetic advice
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Misanthrope
A person who hates humankind
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Innovator
A person who introduced something new
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Sycophant
A person who behaves in a servile manner; a toady
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Stoic
A person who is impassive and emotionless
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Reprobate
A morally unprincipled person
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Renegade
A disloyal person
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Draconian
Very strict laws and rules
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Laconic
Very concise; brief
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Terse
Very concise; brief
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Succinct
Very concise; brief
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Spartan
Plain; simple
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Austere
Plain; simple
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Halcyon
Idyllically calm and tranquil
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Sophistry
A deliberately misleading argument
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Chimerical
A fantastic scheme; unchecked imagination
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Ostracise
To deliberately exclude from a group
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Impecunious
Poor; penniless; not affluent
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Nefarious
Extremely wicked; vile
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Jovial
Good humoured; cheerful
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Jocular
Good humoured; cheerful
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Dirge
A funeral hymn; mournful music
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Maudlin
Excessively sentimental
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Quixotic
Foolishly impractical
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Pandemonium
A wild uproar; tumult
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Martinet
A strict disciplinarian
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Fiasco
A complete failure
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Debacle
A complete failure
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Bowdlerize
To remove or delete objectionable parts of a book
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Galvinize
To electrify; stir into action
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Picayune
Something of small value; petty; trifling
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Gerrymander
To divide a district so as to give one side an advantage
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Maverick
An independent person
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Juggernaut
An irresistible force
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Serendipity
An accidental but fortunate discovery
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Zenith
The highest point
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Apex
The highest point
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Nadir
The lowest point
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Expunge
Delete; remove
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Excise
Delete; remove
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Expurgate
Delete; remove
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eccentric
An odd, unconventional person
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Extricate
To get out of a difficult situation
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Exemplary
Outstanding
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Enumerate
To list; to tick off
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Elusive
Out of reach; difficult to catch
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Exorbitant
Unreasonably expensive
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Repudiate
To take back; disavow
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Recant
To take back; disavow
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Renounce
To take back; disavow
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Redundant
Doing or saying something again and again
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Relinquish
To give something back
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Resilient
To bounce back
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Reaffirm
To assert again
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Reticent
To hold back ones thoughts and feelings
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Rebuff
To repel or drive back; to reject
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Renovate
To make new again
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Rejuvenate
To make young again
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Resurgent
To rise again; surge back
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Deleterious
Harmful; injurious
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Decry
To express strong disapproval
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Despondent
Feeling downcast; dejected
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Forlorn
Feeling downcast; dejected
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Denounce
To speak against
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Demise
The final ending of something; the downfall
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Debunk
To put down by exposing false claims
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Deride
To put down with contemptuous jeering
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Devoid
Completely lacking in something
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Impeccable
Faultless; perfect
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Implacable
Not capable of being appeased
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Inexorable
Lacking organisation or logic
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Insurmountable
Not capable of being overcome
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Irreverent
Lacking proper respect; disrespectful
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Circumspect
Cautious; careful
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Circuitous
Circular and therefore indirect
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Circumvent
To avoid by artful manoeuvring
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Circumscribe
To narrowly restrict; to limit action; to draw a line around
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Magnanimous
Generous and forgiving
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erroneous
Filled with errors; wrong
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Momentous
Of great importance
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Mellifluous
Smooth and sweet flowing
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Ominous
Threatening and menacing
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Actimonious
Great bitterness
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Copious
Abundant; a great amount
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Abstemious
Moderate in eating and drinking
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Malodorous
Foul smelling
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Tedious
Boring and tiresome
