eng Flashcards

(45 cards)

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indifferent

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adj lacking a preference

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obscure

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adj uncertain

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impartial

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adj unbiased

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ostentatious

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adj showing off

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contentious

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adj controversial

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reprove

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v to scold

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cursory

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adj hasty

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profligate

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adj extremely wasteful

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fracas

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n quarrel

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caricature

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n a satiric portrait or representation

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corroborate

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v to verify

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precarious

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adj uncertain

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expository

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adj explanatory

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bolster

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v to support or strengthen

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perceptive

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adj insightful

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superficial

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adj not thinking deeply, only at the surface

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prodigal

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adj wasteful

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deter

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v to prevent, especially by scaring off

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complacent

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adj smug or self-satisfied

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inherent

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adj belonging by nature or habit

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lucid

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adj easy to understand

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contempt

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n the feeling that someone is unworthy of one’s consideration or respect

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eloquent

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adj persuasive or expressive in speaking or writing

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virtue

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n behaviour showing high moral standards

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guile
n sly or cunning intelligence
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censor
v to examine and remove unacceptable parts (ex: publish a book)
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eccentric
adj quirky or unusual
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conventional
adj based on what is normally done/believed
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enigma
n a person or thing that is mysterious, difficult to understand
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articulate
adj to be able to speak well and fluently
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coherent
adj logical and consistent
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apprehensive
adj worried and fearful
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virulent
adj very harmful or severe
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piety
n quality of being religion or reverent
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pious
adj very religious
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milieu
n a person's social environment
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resignation
n acceptance of something undesirable but inevitable
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resolution
n determination
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superlative
of the highest quality or degree
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pernicious
harmful esp in a subtle way
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pinnacle
most successful point, peak
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repress
subdue by force, supress
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avant-garde
new and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
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mobius strip
rectangle with one side twisted 180 degrees glued toghether
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glean
to obtain (with difficulty)