Diagnostic Flashcards
(122 cards)
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Acrimonious
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Meeting or discussion in which people argue a lot and get angry.
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Abortive
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Unsuccessful - tends to be used in political/military context
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Abstemious
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Not doing things that give you pleasure, especially not eating good food or drinking alcohol. Abstain
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Accost
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To go towards someone you don’t know and speak to them in an unpleasant or threatening way
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Alacrity
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Quickness and eagerness
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Altruistic
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Selfless. Caring ans helping other people even though it brings no advantage for one self
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Ameliorate
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To make a bad situation better or less harmful
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Amicable
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Behaviour between people that is pleasant and friendly, often despite a difficult situation
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Anathema
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The complete opposite of what you believe in
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Anomaly
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Something that is noticeable because of how different it is from the usual
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Appellation
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A name or title
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Ardent
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Showing strong feelings about an activity and determination to succeed at it / showing strong feelings of love
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Artifice
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Clever trick to deceive someone
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Artless
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Simple, not wanting to deceive. Honesty, openess, sincerity.
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Avarice
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Extremely strong wish to get or keep money or possessions, greedy
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Belligerent
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Wishing to fight or argue
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Cache
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Number of things that have been hidden, especially weapons / the place where they have been hidden
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Cajole
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Persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and false promises
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Callous
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Unkind, cruel, without sympathy or feeling for other people
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Cant
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Statements, especially on religious and moral subjects, that are not sincerely believed by the person making them
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Capricious
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Changing mood or behaviour suddenly and unexpectedly
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Caustic
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A chemical that burns and destroys things, especially anything made of living cells
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Celerity
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Speed
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Cogent
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Argument, reason that is clearly expressed and persuades people to believe it. Easy to understand
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Complicity
Involvement in a crime or some activity that is wrong. Taking part and getting involved
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Consternation
A feeling of worry, shock or confusion
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Culpable
Deserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad
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Cursory
Quick and not detailed
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Dearth
An amount or supply that is not large enough. Inadequate
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Debris
Broken or torn pieces of something larger
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Decadence
Low moral standards and behaviour
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Decrepit
Very bad condition due to being old or not being cared for, or being used a lot
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Derogatory
Showing strong disapproval and not showing respect. Critical
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Desultory
Without a clear plan or purpose and showing little effort or interest
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Detriment
Harm or damage
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Diatribe
Angry speech or piece of writing that severly criticizes someone or something
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Disparate
Different in every way
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Disseminate
To spread or give out something, especially news, information, ideas to a lot of people
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Duress
Threats used to force a person to do something
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Edifice
A large, impressive building
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Efficacy
The ability of something to produce the intended result
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Egregious
Extremely bad in a way that is noticeable
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Elicit
To get or produce something, especially information or reaction
”Elicit a response from them”
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Eschew
To avoid something intentionally, or to give something up
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Euphemism
A word or phrase used to avoid saying something unpleasant or offensive word, e.g. Let go instead of fired
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Evanescent
Lasting only for a short time, then disappearing quickly and being forgotten. Short in time
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Exacerbate
To make something that is bad even worse
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Exonerate
To show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
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Expunge
To rub off or remove information from a piece of writing, to cause something being forgotten. Removing/getting rid.
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Extol
To praise something or someone very much
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Extortion
The act of getting something, especially money, by force or threats
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Fallacious
Not correct
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Fastidious
Giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect
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Foist
To force someone to have or experience something unwanted or undesirable
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Fortuitous
Not planned, happened by chance (to one’s own advantage/fortune)
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Fraught
Filled with or likely to result in something bad.
Full of unpleasant things.
”Fraught with problems/difficulties”
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Garrulous
Having the habit of talking a lot, especially about things that are not important
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Germane
Suitable and acceptable
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Gregarious
Liking to be with other people. Friendly
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Guile
Clever but sometimes dishonest behaviour that you use to deceive someone. Sly/devious
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Guise
The appearance of someone or something, especially when intended to deceive
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Gullible
Easily deceived or tricked, too willing to believe people
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Histrionics
Very emotional and energetic behaviour that is not sincere and has no real meaning
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Ignominious
Embarrasing because of being a complete failure (events or behaviour)
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Impeccable
Perfect, no bad parts
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Importune
To make repeated, forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or causing slight problems
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Impunity
Freedom from punishment or from the unpleasant results of something that has been done
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Indolent
Showing no real interest or effort
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Inebriated
Not sober, drunk
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Inexorable
Continuing without any possibility of being stopped. Inevitable/unstoppable
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Ingratiate
To make someone like you by praising or trying to please them
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Insatiable
Desire or need that can not be satisfied
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Internecine
War or fighting happening between members of the same group, religion or country
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Intrepid
Extremely brave, showing no fear of dangerous situations
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Inundate
To give someone so much work ot so many things that they can’t deal with it all
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Inveigh
To strongly criticize something or someone, disapprove
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Itinerant
Travelling from one place to another, usually to work for a short period
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Jaunty
Showing that you are happy and confident
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Juxtapose
To put things that are not similar next to each other, to compare and highlight differences
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Lethargic
Having little energy, feeling unwilling and unable to do anything, not willing to use effort or to work
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Lithe
Young, healthy, attractive and able to move and bend smoothly
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Loathe
To hate someone or something
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Lurid
Shocking because involving violence, sex or immoral activity
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Malevolent
Causing or wanting to cause harm or evil
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Maudlin
Feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after having drunk a lot of alcohol
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Miscreant
Someone who behaves badly or does not obey rules
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Myriad
A very large number of something, a lot of choices
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Nascent
Only recently formed or started but likely to grow larger quickly
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Nefarious
Morally bad, wrong, evil activities
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Obliterate
to remove all signs of something, by destroying it or covering it up
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Obloquy
very strong public criticism or blame
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Ominous
olycksbådande
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Ostentatious
too obviously showing your money, possessions or power in an attempt to make other people notice and admire you
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Ostensible
appearing or claiming to be one thing when it is really something else
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Overt
done or shown publicly or in an obvious way and not secret
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Paroxysm
a sudden and powerful expression of strong feeling, one that you can not control
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Parsimonious
not willing to spend money or use a lot of something
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Paucity
the fact that there is too little of something. scarce
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Penchant
an enjoyment of, or habit of doing something that other people may not like
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Penury
the state of being extremely poor
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Perfidious
unable to be trusted, or showing no loyalty. betrayal/dishonest
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Perfunctory
done quickly without taking care or interest
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Peruse
look at something and search
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Plethora
a very large amount of something, usually an amount more than what you need, want or can deal with
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Poignant
causing or having a very sharp feeling of sadness
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Prescient
knowing or suggesting correctly what will happen in the future
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Proffer
to offer something to someone, especially by holding it ou in your hand. offer advice or opinions
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Profligate
spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise
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Promulgate
to spread beliefs or ideas among a lot of people
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Rapacious
having or showing a strong wish to take things for yourself, usually using unfair methods or force
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Rebuke
to speak angrily to someone because you disapprove of what they have said or done
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Remuneration
payment for work or services
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Repertoire
all the music or plays, etc. that you can do or perform or that you know
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Risible
so lacking in quality or usefulness that it deserves to be laughed at
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Sanguine
(of someone or someone's character) positive and hoping for good things
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Scurrilous
expressing unfair or false criticism that is likely to damage someone's reputation
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Succinct
said in a clear and short way; expressing what needs to be said without unnecessary words
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Sultry
uncomfortably warm and with air that is slightly wet or attractive in a way that suggests sexual desire
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Tortuous
with many turns and changes of direction; not direct or simple
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Trenchant
severe, expressing strong criticism or forceful opinions
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Ubiquitous
seeming to be everywhere, omnipresent
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Unconscionable
morally unacceptable
