Group 1 to 6 Flashcards
(179 cards)
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Abound
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Large numbers or amounts
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Amorphous
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Without a clearly defined shape or form
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Austere
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Strict in manner, having no comforts or luxuries
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Belie
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Fail to give true impression of something, contradict, fail to justify
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Capricious
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Sudden change of mood, unpredictable, fickle
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Cerebral
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of the cerebrum of the brain, intellectual rather than physical
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Congenial
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Pleasant or agreeable because suited to one’s taste
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Conspicuous
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Clearly visible, attracting notice or attention
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Cursory
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Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
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Daunting
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Difficult to deal with, discourage through fear
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Deify
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Worship or regard as a god
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Didactic
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instructive, particularly so as to appear patronizing
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Disseminate
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Spread widely
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Feasible
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Possible to do easily or conveniently
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Flout
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Openly disregard, mock, scoff
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Homogeneous
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of the same kind
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Humdrum
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lacking excitement or variety; boringly monotonous
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Insipid
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Tasteless, lacking interest
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Loquacious
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Talkative
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Misanthropic
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Having or showing dislike of other people
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Misnomer
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A wrong or inaccurate name or designation
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Negligent
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Failing to take proper care over something
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Obsequious
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Obedient to an excessive or servile degree
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Placate
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Make less angry
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Proclivity
A tendency to choose or do something regularly
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Puerile
Childishly silly
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Quixotic
Extremely idealistic, unrealistic, impractical
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Spendthrift
A person who spends money in an irresponsible way
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Taciturn
Saying little
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Wary
Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers
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Adulterate
Render poorer in quality by adding another substance
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Advocate
Publicly recommend or support
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Aggrandize
Increase power, status, reputation of someone
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Alacrity
Brisk and cheerful readiness, eagerness
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Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
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Ameliorate
Make something bad better
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Amenable
Susceptible, open to suggestions, easily persuaded
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Anachronistic
Belonging to a period other than that being portrayed conspicuously old-fashioned
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Audacious
Willingness to take surprisingly bold risks, showing impudent lack of respect
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Avaricious
Showing extreme greed for wealth or material gain
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Banal
Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring
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Benign
Gentle and kind, not harmful to the environment
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Brazen
Bold and without shame
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Calumny
False and slanderous statement about someone
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Candid
Truthful and straightforward
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Castigate
Reprimand Severely
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Construe
Interpret in a particular way
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Caustic
Sarcastic in a bitter way, chemical
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Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse that one has done wrong
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Convoluted
Extremely complex and difficult to follow and twisted
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Covet
Yearn to possess something that belongs to another
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Craven
Lacking in courage, cowardly
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Decorum
Behavior in keeping with good taste and propriety
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Deft
Demonstrating skill and cleverness
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Demur
Raise objections or show reluctance
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Derivative
Imitative of the work of another
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Dessicate
Cause to become completely dry
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Diatribe
A forceful and bitter verbal attack
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Incredulous
Unwilling or unable to believe something
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Ingenuous
Innocent, naive or unsuspecting
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Abate
Become less intense or widespread, remove or reduce law
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Abjure
Solemnly renounce(a belief, cause or claim)
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Anomalous
Deviating from what is standard
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Antipathy
A deep-seated feeling of aversion
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Arcane
Understood by few, mysterious or secret
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Arduous
Involving or requiring strenuous effort, tiring
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Artless
Without deception, effort or, pretentiousness, natural
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Ascetic
Severe self-discipline, austere
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Assuage
Satisfy, make an unpleasant feeling less intense
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Betray
Gravely disloyal, unintentionally reveal, be evidence of
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Bucolic
Relating to pleasant aspects of countryside
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Burgeon
Begin to grow or increase rapidly, flourish
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Cacophonous
Involving or producing harsh sounds
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Canonize
Treat of great significance, place in or regard as belonging to a canon of literacy or artistic works
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Cḥicanery
Use of deception or subterfuge
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Coalesce
Come together to form one mass or whole
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Cogent
Clear, logical and convincing
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Compelling
Evoking interest in a powerful irresistible way
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Contend
Struggle to surmount a difficulty, assert something as a position in an argument
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Copious
Abundant in supply
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Cosmopolitan
Mixture of cultures
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Deference
Polite submission and respect
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Desultory
aimless, haphazard, not having any plan, purpose, occurring randomly
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Diffident
opposite of confidence, modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence
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Dilatory
Slow to act, intended to cause delay
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Equivocate
Be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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Polarize
Cause to divide into two sharply contrasting groups
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Prodigal
Spending money recklessly
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Verbose
Using or expressed in more words that are needed
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Abstain
Restrain oneself from doing
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Approbation
Approval or praise
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Cherish
Protect and care for lovingly
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Corroborate
Confirm or give support to a statement, theory or finding
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Disparate
Essentially different in kind, notable to compared, containing elements very different from one another
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Emulate
Match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation
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Enervate
Make someone feel drained of energy, lacking in energy
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Ephemeral
Lasting for a very short time
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Fervid
Intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
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Incendiary
Tending to stir up conflict
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Inimical
Tending to obstruct, unfriendly hostile, enemity
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Intimate
Closely acquainted, familiar, detailed or thorough
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Invigorate
Give strength or energy to
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Mitigate
Make something bad less severe, serious or painful
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Obsolete
Out of date
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Opaque
Unclear, not transparent
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Paradigmatic
Serving as a typical example of something, of or denoting
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Pedantic
Excessively concerned with minor details, over-scrupulous
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Placid
Not easily upset or excited, calm and peaceful
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Polemical
of or involving strongly critical writing or speech
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Precipitate
Cause to happen suddenly, unexpectedly or premature
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Profundity
Great depth of insight or knowledge
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Prophetic
Accurately predicting what will happen in future
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Prudent
Acting with or showing care and thought for future
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Punctilious
Showing great attention to detail or correct behavior
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Recondite
Little known, abstruse
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Scrupulous
Careful ,thorough, and extremely attentive to details
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Tranquil
Free form disturbance, calm
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Vacillate
Waver between different opinions or actions, be indecisive
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Aloof
Ṇot friendly, distant, detacheed
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Clangor
A continuously loud banging or ringing sound
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Conventional
Following traditional forms and genres
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Debunk
Expose the falseness or hollowness of an idea or belief
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Diminutive
Extremely or unusually small
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Discernible
Able to be discerned, perceptible, visible, noticeable
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Enigmatic
Difficult to understand, mysterious
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Estranged
No longer close to someone, alienated
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Extravagant
Excessive, elaborate
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Fanciful
Over-imaginative, unrealistic, highly ornamental
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Frivolous
Carefree and superficial, not having any serious purpose or value
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Heterogeneous
Diverse in character or content
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Imperious
Arrogant and domineering
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Impertinent
Not showing proper respect, irrelevant
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Invasive
Tending to spread very quickly or undesirably, harmfully
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Irresolute
Showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain
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Laudable
Deserving praise and commendation
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Lax
Not sufficiently strict or careful, negligible/of muscle(relaxed)
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Marginalize
Treat a person, group as insignificant or peripheral
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Panache
Flamboyant confidence of style or manner
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Plodding
Slow moving and unexciting
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Prosaic
Lacking originality, commonplace, unromantic
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Remedial
Intended as cure/provided or intended for children with learning difficulties
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Restive
Restless
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Sporadic
infrequent, scattered or isolated, occasional
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Stigmatize
Great disapproval
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Undermine
Erode the base/ lessen the effectiveness
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Utterly
Completely or without qualification, absolutely
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Weary
Tired(extreme)
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Zealous
Showing zeal, fervent, passionate, fervid, ardent
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Admonish
Warn or reprimand someone firmly
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Aesthetic
Concerned with beauty
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Affectation
Pretension; behaviour, speech, or writing that is pretentious and designed to impress., facade
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Alleviate
Make suffering less severe
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Analogous
Comparable in certain respects
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Bolster
Support or strength
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Chauvinistic
Displaying aggressive patriotism, displaying excessive support for their own cause, group or sex
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Connoisseur
An expert judge in matters of taste
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Dissemble
Conceal or disguise one's true feelings or beliefs
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Dogged
Showing tenacity and grim persistence
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Dupe
Trick, a victim of deception
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Empirical
based on observation rather than theory
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Engender
Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation or condition)
Her latest book has engendered a lot of controversy
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Entitled
Give someone a legal right
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Pertinacious
Holding firmly to an opinion or course of action
Like most successful politicians, she is pertinacious and single-minded in the pursuit of her goals.
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Presumptuous
(of a person or their behaviour)Failing to observe limits of what is appropriate/brazen
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Probity
Having strong moral principles, honesty and decency
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Proliferate
Increase rapidly in number, multiply
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Specious
Superficially plausible but actually wrong
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Spurious
Not being what is purports to be, false or fake
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Subjective
Influenced by personal feelings, tastes, opinions
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Subvert
Undermine the power and authority of system
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Timorous
Lack of confidence, easily frightened
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Torturous
Full of twists and turns excessively complex
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Tractable
Easy to control or influence, easy to deal with
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Transient
Lasting for a short time
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Ubiquitous
Present, appearing or found everywhere, omnipresent
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Underscore
Emphasize
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Venal
Bribery, corrupt
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Venerate
Regard with great respect, reverence
