English Exam Review Words Flashcards by Shani Alexander | Brainscape

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Cacography

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Really bad handwriting

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Altruistic

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Goodness of your heart

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Sinister

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Creepy, bad, evil

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Epitome

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Perfect example

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Entomologist

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One who study bugs

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Ambidextrous

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Uses both left and right hand

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Incongruous

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Doesn’t go together

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Dermatologist

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One who works with skin problems

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Unconscionable

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Mean, doesn’t care

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Empathetic

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Feeling someone’s feelings

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Disparage

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Play down, put down

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Equinox

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Equal day and night

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Adulate

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Flatter someone lavishly

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Iniquity

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Sinfulness

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Placate

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Changes hostility to friendliness, to calm

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Double Entendre

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Statement with two meanings

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Malign

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Slander

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Obviate

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To make something unnecessary

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Parity

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Equality

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Disparity

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Inequality

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Proscribe

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Forbidden

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Equivocate

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Deliberately vague

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Equilateral

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Equal sides

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Ambiguous

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Open to misinterpretation

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Vociferous

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Noisy, loud

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Amble

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Walk aimlessly

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Verbose

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Use more words than necessary

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Dorsal

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Referring to the back

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Loquacious

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Talkative

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Ventral

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Referring to the front

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Cogent

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Forceful, convincing

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Somnolent

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Drowsy, sleepy

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Banal

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Hackneyed, unoriginal

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Revolution

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Causing radical changes

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Laconic

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Economy in the use of words

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Eloquence

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Expressiveness in the use of words

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Garrulous

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Talk a lot with little meaning

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Magnum Opus

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Masterpiece

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Soliloquy

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Talk to ones self

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Verbatim

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Word from word

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Tacit

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Unspoken agreement

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Evolve

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Gradually developing

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Circumlocution

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Indirect

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Colloquial

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Informal conversation