ETS Flashcards
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Notoriety
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Being known for something bad quality
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Tumultuous
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Loud noise, tempestuous
3
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Providential
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Occurring at a good time
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Dispassionate
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Emotionless
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Relentlessly
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Unending constant goes on forever or hard hearted cruel harsh
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Formidable
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Causing fear to something because of huge power or being big
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Repudiate
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Refuse or reject
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Recapitulate
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Summarize and state again the main points of
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Improbable
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Not likely to be true
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Pervasive
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Prevalent ubiquitous spreading widely throuout to the ppl
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Facetious
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Treating serious issues in a playful manner
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Construe
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Interpret in a particular way
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Painstaking
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Careful and attentive
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Craft
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Skill
Used to deceive someone
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Solicitous
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Concerned / eager to do something
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Munificent
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Generous
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Multifaceted
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Many facts
Having many phases
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Extraneous
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Unrelated and irrelevant
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Paucity
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Poverty or lacking something
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Fastidious
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Very attentive to details
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Makeshift
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Temporary substitute
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Impediment
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Hinderence or obstruction
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Proxy
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Substitute
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Inscrutable
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Impossible to understand or interpret
25
Unpropitious
Unfavorable
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Mendacity
Untruthfullness
27
Patent
Obvious
28
Arcane
Secret
29
Erstwhile
Former
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Ballooned
Swell out
31
Collude
Come to a secret understanding for a harmful purpose
32
Exigency
Pressing or demanding
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Outstrip
Move faster or exceed
34
Affectation
Behavior to impress
35
Relinquish
Voluntarily give up
36
Prudent
Acting or showing care about the future or well advised
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Contend
Cope with
| Argue or claim
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Pivotal
Crucial or fixed
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Recondite
Little known
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Precocious
Mature
| An early development
41
Extant
Surviving, still in existence
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Fleet
Move quickly
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Coalesce
Come together
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Prolix
Verbose or lengthy
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Omnipresence
Ubiquitous
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Erratic
Unpredictable
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Diffident
Shy because of lack of self confidence
48
Spurious
Fake
49
Boon
Aid, of assist
| Favor
50
Revered
Deep respect
51
Devolve
Tanager or work or degenerate or split
52
Predicament
Difficult and an embrasaing situation
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Trifling
Unimportant, trivial, of little value
54
Recondite
Abstruse or little known, complex
55
Prescient
Having knowledge about something before they take place
56
Lucrative
Producing a lot of profit
57
Obsolete
No longer being used
58
Panacea
Solution got remedy for all difficulties
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Futile
Worthless
60
Sycophant
Someone who will kiss ass to gain an advantage
61
Blithe
Untroubled or uncaring
| Happy or joyful
62
Empathy
Ability to understand and share feelings
63
Intrigued
Arouse the curiosity or interest of
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Hedonism
Pleasure seeking
65
Prudent
Showing care
66
Hortatory
Encouraging behavior
67
Malign
Speak bad about someone or evil
68
Scanty
Small or insufficient
69
Canonize
Declare to be a saint
70
Conspire
Make secret plans and commit to an unlawful act
71
Tepid
Lukewarm
| Little enthusiasm
72
Juxtaposition
Act of keeping things together side by side
73
Mortified
Cause someone to feel embarrassed or humiliated
74
Iconoclast
A critic
| Someone who attacks beliefs or religious institutions
75
Imperative
Command
| Of vital importance
76
Meager
Lacking quality
| Thin
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Outmoded
Out of fashion
78
Quotidian
Occurring everyday
79
Harbinger
A person or a thing that announces of something approaching
80
Shrewd
Having or showing sharp judgements
| Cold
81
Sanguine
Positive in a bad situation
82
Eclectic
Deriving ideas from a broad range
83
Irresolute
Showing hesitancy or uncertainty
84
Foresight
Ability to predict what will happen in the future
85
Fortuitous
Happening by accident or chanc
86
Scintillating
Emitting light or sparkle
87
Clangorous
Noise
88
Veracious
Speaking the truth
89
Provocative
Stimulating or provoking
90
Insipid
Lacking flavor or interest
91
Marginalized
Treat and insignificant or peripheral
92
Relish
Enjoyment
93
Murky
Dark and gloomy
| Not fully understood
94
Scornful
Haughty, arrogant not respectful
95
Scuffle
Short confused fight
96
Sullen
Bad tempered
97
Sinister
Giving the impression that something harmful of evil will happen
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Acerbic
Sharp and cruel commenting style
99
Fickleness
Changability or instability
100
Debacle
Sudden fiasco
101
Cow
Frighten someone with threats
102
Temperate
Moderation
103
Noxious
Harmful and poisonous
104
Prescience
Fact of knowing something before it takes place
105
Cursory
Hasty(done in hurt) so not thorough or detailed
106
Clearheaded
Awareness
107
Braggart
A person who boasts about achievements
108
Aghast
Filled with horror or shock
109
Bemused
Confused or puzzled
110
Archaic
Belonging to An early period
111
Somber
Sober
| Dull and gloomy
112
Adulatory
Show excessive admiration to
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Feebleness
Lacking energy, sick
114
Adroit
Ingenious smart
115
Penchant
Strong liking for something
116
Surly
Churlish
117
Long winded
Talking or writing At tedious length
118
Provincial
Having manners
119
Exuberance
Abundance
120
Indolence
Laziness, avoidance of activities
121
Imperious
Arrogant and domineering because of power
122
Brawl
Noisy fight
