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Flashcards in Group 1 And 2 Deck (19)
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Someone who dabbles in a field or someone who loves the fine arts

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Dilettante

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Secert or unacknowledged

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Covert

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To reason or conclude based on the a available facts

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Educe

3
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Based on observation rather than theory

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Empirical

4
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An activity at which a person excels

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Forte

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To misunderstand or misinterpret

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Misappredend

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To misunderstand the meaning of VERB

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Misconstrue

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Knowing events before hand (having foresight)

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Prescient

8
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A feeling that something is about to occur

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Presentiment

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Commonly assumed

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Putative

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To correct by punishing or to subdue

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Chasten

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To agree hesitantly/unwillingly to something beneath oneself

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Deign

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Unruly and irritable

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Fractious

13
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A violation of a rule

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Infraction

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To violate of go beyond the limits

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Infringe

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One who intrudes on or interest in affairs it others

“He was an atheist who felt like an _______ in this religious gathering”

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Interloper

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Stubbornly defiant and resistant if authority
Hard to deal with
Non obedient

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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly defiant and resistant of authority

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Refractory

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To make purer or more acceptable

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Sublimate