GP words 1 Flashcards
(37 cards)
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Languishes
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Lose / lack vitality ; grow weaker
2
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Regresses
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Return to a former / less developed state
3
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Forays
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Raid, venture into a new field of knowledge
4
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Advent
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Arrival of a notable thing
5
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Synonymous
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Closely associated with
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Erroneous
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Wrong, incorrect
7
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Indubitably
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Unquestionably, without a doubt
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Ramifications
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Unwelcomed consequences
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Lamentably
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Regrettably
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Quintessential
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Exemplar
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Nascent
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Infant, budding, new
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Excise
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Surgically remove
13
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Sanctity
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Utmost importance
14
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Normalcy
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The traditional, past, default ways
15
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Devoid
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Entirely lacking, completely without
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Underpins
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Support, justify
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Nefarious
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Wicked, criminal
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Cognizant
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Aware, conscious of
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Pertinent
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Relevant to issue
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Fodder
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Food
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Begets
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cause
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Fraudulent
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Deceitful, deceptive
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Flouting
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Open disregard
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Scant
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Barely adequate, insufficient
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Pernicious
Harmful effects
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Curtailed
Reduce in extent, to restrict something
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Proponents
An expert who advocates theories
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Blighted
Sever detrimental effects on
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Social ills
Social problems
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Surmounted
Overcome
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Escape the straitjacket of
Overcome the adversities of
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Panacea
Remedy for all difficulties
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Malthusian
Refers to Economist Thomas Malthus
| - Theory of how food production will never be able to keep up with growth in the human population
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Conundrum
Question, problem
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Touted
Attempt to persistently sell something
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Predicated
Found / based something on
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Heralding
Being a sign for change to happen
