Deriv 21-24 Flashcards

1
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Having two or more possible meanings, not clear

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Ambiguous

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2
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Simultaneous conflicting emotions towards a person or thing (love and hatred)

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Ambivalence

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3
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The observation of prescribed customs or rules

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Formality

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4
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The strength to bear misfortunes patiently

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Fortitude

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5
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Principal, main, first in importance

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Prime

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6
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Sluggish, gloomy

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Saturnine

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7
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Of the third rank, order, formation

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Tertiary

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8
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(Noun) a flag having three colors in large areas

(Adj) having three colors

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Tricolor

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9
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Happy

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Jovial

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10
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Changeable

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Mercurial

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11
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A cage of building for housing birds

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Aviary

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12
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The raising and care of birds

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Aviculture

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13
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A release from obligation or legal requirement

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Exemption

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14
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(Adj) advantageous, convenient, suited

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Expedient

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15
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Of or involving money

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Pecuniary

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16
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The foot or bottom support of a column, pillar, statue

17
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(Noun) one who goes on foot

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Pedestrian

18
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Relating to worldly things as opposed to religious things

19
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One who sells, seller

20
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A truce by mutual agreement

21
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Happening in the same period of time

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Contemporaneous

22
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Done or spoken without preparation

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Extemporaneous

23
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For the time being, temporarily

24
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Say or do repeatedly

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Return like for like; get even
Retaliate
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Equal, equivalent
Tantamount
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Limited by time; pertaining to worldly affairs
Temporal
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To make worse or more serious
Aggravate
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A prediction based on guesswork
Conjecture
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Bodily, or the body
Corporeal
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The material evidence of the fact that a crime has been committed
Corpus delicti
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Seriousness, heaviness
Gravity
33
Unable to be overcome
Invincible
34
The path taken by a thrown or projected object
Trajectory
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Food
Victuals
36
Full of life and animation
Vivacious
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Able to use both hands with equal ease
Ambidextrous