Finals 2024-2025 S2 Mega Deck Flashcards
(105 cards)
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Accentuate
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To stress, highlight
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Acerbic
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Biting, bitter in tone or taste
3
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Acquiesce
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To agree without protesting
4
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Brazen
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Excessively bold, brash
5
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Calamity
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An event with disastrous consequences
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Calibrate
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To set, standardize
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Callous
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Harsh, cold, unfeeling
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Daunting
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Intimidating, causing one to lose courage
9
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Dearth
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A lack, scarcity
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Debacle
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A disastrous failure, disruption
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Ebullient
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Extremely lively, enthusiastic
12
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Eclectic
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Consisting of a diverse variety of elements
13
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Edict
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An order, decree
14
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Facade
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- The wall of a building
- A deceptive appearance or attitude
15
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Facile
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- Easy, requiring little effort
- Superficial, achieved with minimal care, insincere
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Garish
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Gaudy, in bad taste
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Garrulous
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Talkative, wordy
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Hackneyed
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Unoriginal, trite
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Iconoclast
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One who attacks common beliefs or institutions
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Jubilant
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Extremely joyful, happy
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Judicious
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Having or exercising sound judgment
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Laceration
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A cut, tear
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Largess
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the generous giving of lavish gifts
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Maelstrom
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A destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
25
Malediction
A curse
26
Nascent
In the process of being born or coming into existence
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Nebulous
Vaguely defined, cloudy
28
Negligent
Habitually careless, neglectful
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Oblique
Diverging from a straight line or course, not straightfoward
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Obsequious
Excessively compliant or submissive
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Accessible
Obtainable, reachable
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Adroit
Skillful, dexterous
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Bombastic
Excessively confident, pompous
34
Boon
A gift or blessing
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Calumny
An attempt to spoil someone else's reputation by spreading lies
36
Camaraderie
Brotherhood, jovial unity
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Debunk
To expose the falseness of something
38
Deface
To ruin or injure something's appearance
39
Efface
To wipe out, obliterate, rub away
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Sagacity
Shrewdness, soundness of perspective
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Sanctimonious
Giving a hypocritical appearance of piety/religiousness
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Sanguine
Optimistic, cheery
43
Taciturn
Not inclined to talk
44
Tantamount
Equivalent in value or significance
45
Uncanny
Of supernatural character or orgin
46
Accord
An agreement
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Accost
to confront verbally
48
Accretion
Slow growth in size or amount
49
Cajole
To urge, coax
50
Candor
Honesty, frankness
51
Capacious
Very spacious
52
Defamatory
Harmful toward another's reputation
53
Defer
To postpone something; to yield to another's wisdom
54
Defile
To make unclean, impure
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Efficacious
Effective
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Effulgent
Radiant, splendorous
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Fathom
To understand, comprehend
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Fatuous
Silly, foolish
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Fecund
Fruitful, fertile
60
Genial
Friendly. affable
61
Acute
1. Sharp, severe
2. Having keen insight
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Adamant
impervious, immovable, unyielding
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Adept
Extremely skilled
64
Capitulate
To surrender
65
Capricious
Subject to whim (impulse), fickle
66
Captivate
To get the attention of, hold
67
Carouse
To party, celebrate
68
Deft
Skillful, capable
69
Defunct
No longer used or existing
70
Delegate
To hand over responsibility for something
71
Elated
Overjoyed, thrilled
72
Elicit
To bring forth, draw out, evoke
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Eloquent
Expressive, articulate, moving
74
Felicitous
1. Well suited, apt
2. Delightful, pleasing
75
Feral
Wild, savage
76
Harrowing
Greatly distressing, vexing
77
Haughty
Disdainfully (contemptuous) proud
78
Hegemony
Domination over others
79
Heinous
Shockingly wicked, repugnant (abhorrent)
80
Idolatrous
excessively worshipping one object or person
81
Ignominious
Humiliating, disgracing
82
Illicit
Forbidden, not permitted
83
Immerse
To absorb, deeply involve, engross
84
Knell
The solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
85
Laconic
Terse in speech or writing
86
Larceny
obtaining another's property through theft or trickery
87
Legerdemain
Deception, sleight-of-hand
88
Lenient
Demonstrating tolerance or gentleness
89
Lethargic
In a state of sluggishness or apathy
90
Mandate
An authoritative command
91
Nomadic
Wandering from place to place
92
Nominal
Trifling, insignificant
93
Nonchalant
Having a lack of concern, indifference
94
Obfuscate
To render incomprehensible
95
Obscure
Unclear, partially hidden
96
Obsolete
No longer used, out of date
97
Panacea
A remedy for all ills or difficulties
98
Paradigm
An example that is a perfect pattern or model
99
Paradox
An apparently contradictory statement that is perhaps true
100
Quotidian
Daily
101
Rebuke
To scold, criticize
102
Recalcitrant
Defiant, unapologetic
103
Recapitulate
To sum up, repeat
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Reciprocate
To give in return
105
Reclusive
Solitary, shunning society
