Direct Hits Toughest Vocabulary 10 Flashcards
(102 cards)
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Lambaste
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denounce; strongly criticize
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Ire
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anger
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Qiescent
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marked by inactivity; in a state of quiet repose
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Provisional
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tentative; temporary; for the time being
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Lurid
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sensational; shocking; ghastly
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Truculent, Pugnacious, Belligerent
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defiantly aggressive; eager to fight
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Latitude
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leeway
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belli
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war
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Bellicose
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fond of war, disposed to quarrel or fight
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Bellatrix
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Actient Roman, female warrior
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Propitiate
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to appease; to conciliate; to regain the favor or goodwill of
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Élan
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a vigorous spirit; great enthusiasm
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Perfunctory
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in a spiritless, mechanical, and routine manner
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Aplomb
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self-assurance; confident composure; admirable poise under pressure
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Opaque
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hard to understand; impenetrably dense and obscure
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Lucid
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clear
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Craven
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cowardly; contemtibly (deserving of scorn) faint-hearted; base
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Venal
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corrupt; dishonest; open to bribery
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Lucentious
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emmoral; dissolute; debauched
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Noxious
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harmful; injurious to physical, mental, or moral health; pernicious
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Superfluous, Extraneous
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unnecessary; extra
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Enhance
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make greater
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super, supra
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over, above, greater in quality
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Superlicious
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overbearing, proud, haughty
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Superficial
on the surface, shallow
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Superlative
the best, in the highest degree
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Supersede
to take the place of, to supplant (replace)
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Duplicitous
deliberately deceptive in behavior or speech
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Profligate
wasteful; squandering time and money by living for the moment
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Squandering
wasting
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Epiphany
a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something
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Insidious
causing harm in a subtle or stealthy manner; injurious
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Retribution
act of taking revenge
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Vacuous, Inane
empty; lacking serious purpose; vapid
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Harbinger, Portent, Presage
something that foreshadows a future event; an omen; a prognostic
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Beleaguer
to beset; to surround with problems
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Burgeon
to grow rapidly; to expand
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Imperious
domineering and arrogant; haughty
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Petulant, Querulous
peevish, irritable; whining or complaining in a childlike way
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Fractious
unruly
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Complaisant
agreeable; marked by a pleasing personality; affable; amiable
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Complacent
over0contented, smug, and self-satisfied
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Fawning, Obsequious
behaving in a servile or subservient manner; sycophantic; overly obdeient; submissive
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Behest
bidding, commanding
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Deferring
yielding
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Obdurate, Intransigent
very stubborn; obstinate; unyieldingly persistent; inflexible; intractable
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Redolent, Reminiscent
having a strong specific smell; bringing to mind; suggestive of
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Waft
float
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Chicanery
deception by subterfuge; deliberately trickery and artifice
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Conundrum
a difficult problem; a dilemma with no easy solution
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Slight
to treat as unimportant; to deliberately ignore; to disrespect
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Capitulate
to surrender; to comply without protest
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Disheartening
very discouraging; dismaying; dispiriting
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Apocryphal
of doubtful authenticity; false; spurious
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Magisterial
learned and authoritative
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Plastic, Malleable, Pliable
flexible; easily shaped, especially by outside influences or forces
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Feigns
pretends
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Chagrin
the feeling of distress caused by humiliation, failure, or embarrassment
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Obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly; boisterous
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Idyllic
charmingly simple and carefree
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Dilapidated
in a state or disrepair; broken-down; in deplorable condition
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Extemplorize, Improvise
to lecture or speak without notes, in an impromptu way
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Myriad
many; numerous
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Ungainly
awkward; clumsy; not graceful
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Dilatory
habitually late; tardy
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Implore
urge
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Vituperative
characterized by verbal abuse and bitter criticism
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Discordant
not in harmony; incompatible; at variance with, as in a discordant detail that doesn't fit a pattern
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Perfidy
deliberate breach of faith or trust; disloyalty
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Perfidious
treacherous; traitorous; deceitful; faithless
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Cronyism
favoritism shown to friends without regard to qualifications
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fid
faith, trust
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Fidelity
faithfulness to a trust or vow
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Infidelity
unfaithfulness to a trust or vow
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Infidel
one who does not accept a particular faith, an unbeliever
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Perfidy
deliberate breach of faith or trust, disloyalty
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Proliferate
to increase rapidly
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Dichotomy
division into contrasting parts
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Indomitable, Resolute
very determined; unwavering
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Moribund
approaching death; about to become obsolete
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mors
death
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Nuance
a subtle shade of meaning or feeling; a slight degree of difference
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Flippant, Facetious
treating serious matters with lighthearted humor or lack of respect
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Credulous
easily convinced; tending to believe too readily; gullible
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Incredulous
disbelieving; skeptical
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Florid
flowery in style; very ornate
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Excoriating, Scathing
expressing strong dissaproval; condemning; loudly decrying
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Interloper
an intruder; a gatecrasher
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Cerebal
intellectual rather than emotional
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Visceral
instinctive rather than rational (derived from organs "gut-feeling")
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Nonplussed, Confounded
utterly perplexed; completely puzzled; totally bewildered
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Ignominious
humiliating; shameful; disgraceful
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Envelop
surround entirely
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Euphony
soothing or pleasant sounds; harmony
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Cacophony
harsh, clashing, jaring, grating sounds; disharmony
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eu-
good
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Vacillate
to waver; to hesitate; to swing back and forth; to be indecisive
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Entrenched
securely established
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Timorous
showing nervousness or fear
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Narcissist
a person with a psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, vanity, and a feeling of self-entitlement
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Disdain
contempt
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Insolent, Impudent
boldly insulting; brash; rude
