Deck 26 Flashcards by Precious Siddiquee

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SOLICITOUS

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showing great care; attentive

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DISINGENUOUS

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insincere

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VENERATE; REVERE

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to greatly respect

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CONTENTIOUS; DISPUTATIOUS

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argumentative

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PRECLUDE

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to make impossible; to rule out

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COMPUNCTION; CONTRITION; REMORSE

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sincere and deep regret

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DEMOGRAPHY

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the study of the characteristics of human populations

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APHORISM; AXIOM

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a statement or principle universally accepted as true;

[think of axioms in geometry]

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Reconciliation

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getting two things togethe

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Forgo

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go back or lose the right of

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Relish

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vigorous

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Obtuse

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slow at learning

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Rectify

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set straight

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Venal

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capable of being corrupted

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Perquisite

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exclusive right

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Fallow

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undeveloped but potentially useful

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Chimerical

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imaginative

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Truculent

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aggressive

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Requisite

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required

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Defoliated

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lose of leaves

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Matriculation

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admission to a group

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Perfidious

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tending to betray, treacherous

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Pontificate

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papacy or talk in a pompous manner

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Phlegmatic

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showing little emotion

Subsidy

grant paid by the govt

Endowment

provides income or natural qualities

Emanation

something that it emitted

Polemicist

opposes

Indolent

lazy

Sycophant, toady, lackey

one who tries to please someone in order to gain something (Kiss up)

Fawning

flattering someone

Aggregation

collection

Mirth

extreme happiness

Bemoaned

regret strongly

Conglomeration

collection

Recalcitrant

stubborn resistance

Habituating

regularly use

Iconoclastic

attack beliefs