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Deck 2- New York Flashcards

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Confound

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To perplex or amaze especially by a sudden disturbance

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Repudiate

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To reject with denial as having no authority or binding force

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Facetious

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Not meant to be taken literally or seriously, amusing, humorous

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Patent

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Obvious, apparent, plain to see OR to establish as one’s own
Syn: clear, palpable
Her resume was full of patent lies: anyone could check to see that she was not president of UNICEF.

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Pervasive

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Spread throughout

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Prime

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Of the first importance demanding fullest consideration

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Opaque

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Not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light

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Arcane

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Known or understood by very few

Syn: Esoteric

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Laudable

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Deserving praise, commendable

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Construe

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To deduce by inference or interpretation, to give meaning or intention of

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Collude

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To act together with a secret understanding, especially with harmful intent.

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Ambiguity

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Open to or having several possible meanings

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Duplicity

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Deceitfulness in speech of conduct, speaking or acting in two different ways

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Cunning

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Adeptness in performance, dexterity, crafty, guile

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Vex

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To irritate, annoy, or provoke

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Solicitous

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Anxious or concerned, eager, careful or particular

Sentence: I am solicitous about who I chose to work with in the classroom so that I maintain my GPA.

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Munificent

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Extremely liberal in giving, very generous

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Irresolute

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Doubtful, infirm of purpose

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Resolute

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Admirably purposeful, determined

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Laconic

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Using few words, expressing much in few words

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Fastidious

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Excessively particular, critical, or demanding

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Taciturn

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Inclined to silence, reserved in speech

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Mendacity

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Tendency to lie, untruthfulness

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Prevarication

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To speak falsely or misleadingly, deliberately misstate, lie

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Baseness
Morally low, dishonorable, coward
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Avarice
Insatiable greed for riches
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Judicious
Using or showing good judgment
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Defiant
Boldly resistant or challenging
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Jettison
To cast goods overboard in order to lighten OR to throw off as an obstacle; discard
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Pedestrian
Lacking in vitality, imagination, distinction, and dull or common place
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Lament
To feel or express sorrow or regret for
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Propagate
To cause to increase or reproduce Multiply, diffuse The plant propagates from stem cutting.
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Blight
Any cause of impairment; destruction or ruin | Sent: Traffic is the blighting my existence.
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Pristine
Having its original purity
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Apposite
Suitable, well-adapted, relevant, appropriate | It was apposite for him to wait in line for his turn like everybody else.
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Ahistorical
Indifferent to tradition, without concern for history
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Anachronism
Not in it's correct or chronological time
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Germane
Closely or significantly related, relevant, pertinent
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Irascible
Easily provoked to anger, very irritable. Characterized or produced by anger
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Pugnacious
Inclined to quarrel or fight readily, quarrelsome, belligerent
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Inscrutable
Not easily understood, mysterious, incapable of being investigated; impenetrable
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Underscore
To emphasize or stress
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Eminence
Fame or recognized superiority
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Providential
Occurring at a favorable time; involving divine foresight
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Notoriety
Being known for something unfavorable
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Precarious
Dependent on chance, not securely held in position
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Profligate
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources; a dissolute person
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Dissolute
Lax in morals
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Sidereal
Having to do with stars
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Intransigent
Stubbornly refusing to compromise
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Execrable
Bad, unpleasant
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Consummate
High degree of skill or flair, complete or perfect
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Bombastic
Ostentatiously loft in style
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Scant
Barely sufficient or adequate
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Undue
Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate
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Prodigious
Remarkably or excessive great in size or degree | Syn: marvelous, enormous
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Inure
Accustomed to something
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Stolidity
Emotionless
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Etiolated
To cause to appear pale or sickly
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Quotidian
Of or occurring everyday
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Recalcitrant
Stubborn resistance to authority
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Amorphous
Without a clearly defined shape or form
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Tautology
Saying the same thing twice in different ways, redundancy, needles repetition of an idea
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Quandary
Uncertainty over what to do
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Prestidigitation
Sleight of hand | Sent: Houdini's powers of prestidigitation remain legendary to this day.
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Peroration
Concluding part of a speech, meant to inspire the audience
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Pernicious
Having a harmful effect | Syn: noxious, baneful
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Complaisant
Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please | JEFF
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Recast
To give something a different form
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Austere
Severe, strict, harsh
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Calumnious
Harmful and often untrue, tending to discredit
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Impertinent
Rude, not showing proper respect, irrelevant
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Maladroit
Ineffective, clumsy
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Tyro
Beginner or novice
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Demagogue
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to ppl's desires
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Officious
Assertive of authority in an annoying manner (especially in regard to petty matters)
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Mercurial
Subject to sudden changes, changeable, volatile, animated, lively
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Prescient
Having or showing knowledge of event before they take place | Syn: foresight, provident
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Peurile
Juvenile, belonging to childhood, immature

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