Deck 6 Flashcards

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Illusory

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deceptive, beguiling

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Imperious

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bossy, officious

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3
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Impute

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to assign or attribute to someone, charge, accuse

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Imminent

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approaching, forthcoming, looming

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Immutable

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unchanging, steadfast, intractable

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Impecunious

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penniless, insolvent, bankrupt

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Impenitent

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unrepentant, un-contrite

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Impertinent

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insolent, arrogant, haughty, brazen

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Impetuous

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impulsive, unreflective, capricious

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10
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Improvident

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imprudent, heedless, careless

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Imprudent

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indiscreet, thoughtless

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12
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Impugn

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malign, vilify, defame

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13
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Inane

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fatuous, foolish, stupid, vapid, vacuous

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Inapt

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inappropriate, unfitting

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Incandescent

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phosphorescence, illumination, luminosity

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Incarnate

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personified, symbolizing

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Incipient

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beginning stage, nascent

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18
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Incisive

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Having or demonstrating ability to draw fine distinctions, clever

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Impetuous

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rash, impulsive, capricious

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Impeccable

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faultless, perfect, virtuous

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Incessant

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ceaseless, unremitting, relentless

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Harbinger

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messenger, herald

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23
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Haughty

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arrogant

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24
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Hegemony

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supremacy, dominion over

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Heinous
atrocious, nefarious, ignominious
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Heretical
free-thinking, iconoclastic, nihilistic, nonconformist
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Heterogeneity
diversity, eclecticism, protean
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Hiatus
interruption
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Homogeneity
similar, uniform, identical
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Humdrum
monotonous, unvaried, uneventful, prosaic
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Iconoclast
one who questions/challenges fundamental belief
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Idiosyncrasy
eccentricity, distinctive quality/trait/habit/behavior
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Idyllic
pastoral, bucolic, peaceful
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Ignominy
dishonor, disgrace, wicked, malevolent
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Hedonist
person who acts in pursuit of pleasure
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Hitherto
previously, until now
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Felicitous
opportune, propitious, fortunate
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Fervor
passions, ardor, zeal
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Fiasco
failure, debacle
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Flotsam
wreckage floating at sea, rubbish
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Forgo
forsake, abstain from
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Fortitude
strength, courage, mettle
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Forbearance
self-control, self-denial, abstinence, eschewal
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Forlorn
miserable, abject
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Foster
promote, espouse
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Frolicsome
playful, frisky
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Frugal
thrifty, economically wise, sparing
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Furtive
secretive, clandestine, surreptitious
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Garish
flashy, loud, bold
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Garrulous
loquacious, talkative, voluble
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Gauche
ill-bred, coarse, boorish, vulgar, crass
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Generous
munificent, beneficent, magnanimous, benevolent
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Gaunt
notably thin, skeletal, scrawny
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Glean
harvest, gather, collect
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Goad
prod, provoke, instigate, foment
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Gourmet
epicure, connoisseur of good food
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Grate
irritate, acerbate, exasperate
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Gregarious
friendly, affable
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Guile
cunning, duplicity, wiles
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Hackneyed
cliched, platitude, banal, trite
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Halcyon
tranquil, serene, peaceful
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Harangue
rant, diatribe
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Ferret
search out, track down
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Flamboyant
dazzling, showy, gaudy
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Florid
flowery, ornate, baroque, elaborate
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Jetsam
discarded material thrown overboard
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Forbearance
patience, restraint
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Fortuitous
lucky, serendipitous, felicitous, propitious
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Fraught
filled, teeming, packed with
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Garner
gather in, collect, mass
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Gaudy
garish, tawdry, meretricious, tinselly
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Gentry
aristocracy, patrician
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Glutton
gourmand, voracious, insatiable
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Gossamer
cobwebby, feathery, diaphanous, transparent
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Grandiloquent
bombastic, pompous, pretentious
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Greed
avarice, venality
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Hallowed
sacred, consecrated, venerated, revered