dumb Flashcards
fail (72 cards)
1
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induce
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cause
2
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divulge
A
reveal
3
Q
offspring
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someone’s child or children
4
Q
counterintuitive
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seems wrong but it’s true
5
Q
a means to an end
A
smth done to achieve smth else
6
Q
exornerate
A
free sb from blame
7
Q
discern
A
recognize
8
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delineate
A
outline
9
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levy
A
charge tax
10
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coxcombical
A
obsessed with their appearance or importance.
11
Q
conceited
A
high ego
12
Q
tutelage
A
guardianship
13
Q
innocuous
A
harmless
14
Q
effacement
A
obliteration
15
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dogmatic
A
stubbornly opinionated
16
Q
assimilate
A
đồng hóa
17
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discrepancy
A
difference
18
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tenuous
A
weak, thin
19
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propriety
A
being proper
20
Q
sardonic
A
mocking, cynical
21
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engrossing
A
captivating
22
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frivolous
A
meaningless
23
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pretentious
A
tỏ vẻ quan trọng
24
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reductive
A
simplified
25
premeditated
one step ahead
26
surmised
supposing true w/ 0 evidence
27
stymie
thwart
28
contrived
deliberately created rather than arising naturally
29
epitomize
summarize
30
disparage
belittle
31
outstrip
outperform
32
renunciation
abandonment
33
subsumed in
included in
34
sequestered
secluded, isolated
35
contentious
controversial
36
riveting
engrossing
37
vexing
irritating
38
hiatus
a pause
39
autocratic
tyrannical, oppressive
40
fidelity
loyalty
41
rescission
agreement revocation
42
desultory
aimless
43
spurious
false, fake
44
conflate
merged
45
demarcate
divide
46
arduous
laborious
47
proclivity
tendency
48
permeate
fill in
49
precipitation
water from the sky/bad expedition
50
manifest
clearly show
51
preclude
prevent
52
repudiate
reject
53
conspicuous
notable
54
reconcile
restore harmony
55
conciliate
create harmony
56
promontory
sloped cape
57
protuberance
something protrudes
58
poignancy
dm cay vl
59
rescind
revoke/cancel
60
reinstate
restore position
61
ornamental
used for decor only
62
confound
perplex
63
viscosity
stiffness
64
collude
thông đồng
65
retrench
cut costs for budget
66
philianthropy
charity
67
mercantilism
commercialism
68
avarice
extreme greed
69
supplant
replace
70
extraneous
irrelevant
71
elude
skillfully avoid
72
intuit
know by instinct
