Group 20 Flashcards

(30 cards)

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Abreast

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Informed or familiar about a particular topic

Stay abreast: put your knowledge to the test

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Confound

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Perplex or puzzle someone

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Digression

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An aside that strays from the main subject

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Discrepancy

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A difference between two or more things that should be the same

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Duplicitous

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Decepetive in speech or action

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Expedient

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Affording a short-term benefits, often at the expense of the long-term

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Fabricate

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Invent in order to deceive

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Glum

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Appearing or feeling sad or despondent

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Harbinger

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A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something

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Intrinsic

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Belonging to the essential nature of a thing

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Largesse

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That trait of being willing to donate money or resources; generosity

LargeSS social service

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Libertine

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Someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker

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Malfeasance

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Wrongdoing or misconduct, especially by a public official

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Manifest

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  1. Be revealed
  2. Obvious; not obscure or hidden
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Minute

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Very small

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Modish

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In the current fashion or style

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Nascent

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In the process of emerging; being born, or starting to develop

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Perennial

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Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time

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Pious

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  1. Deeply devout; exhibiting religious devotion
  2. Making a show of one’s virtue
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Providential

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Happening at a fortunate or opportune time

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Prowess

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Skillfulness and dexterity

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Schism

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A split or separation within a group or organization

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Slander

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Baselessly speak ill of someone or something

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Stalwart

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Determined; staunch.
Loyal for a long time

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Supplicate
Make a humble request; beg or beseech
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Terse
Brief and to the point Using few words, sometimes in a way the seems rude or unfriendly
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Tirade
A prolonged, vehement speech or criticism
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Universal
Applicable or common to all purposes, conditions, or situations
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Vanquish
Defeat completely
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Woeful
1. Very sad 2. Very bad; awful