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Group 4 Flashcards

1
Q

penury

A

Extreme poverty

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2
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Disabuse

A

Persuade someone that an idea or belief is mistaken. To undeceive, to set right.

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3
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Hedonism

A

The pursuit of pleasure; sensual self indulgence

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4
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Effrontery

A

Insolent or impertinent behavior

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5
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Obfuscate

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Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. Confuse someone

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6
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Dissemble

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Conceal ones true motive, feeling, or beliefs

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7
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Occlude

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Stop, close up or obstruct an opening, orifice, or passage

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8
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Stratify

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Arrange, classify

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9
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Rancorous

A

Characterized by bitterness or resentment

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10
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Amity

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A friendly relationship

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11
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Bile

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Fluid in stomach. Anger, irritability

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12
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Détente

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The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries

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13
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Assignations

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An appointment to meet someone in secret; typically made by lovers. The allocation or attribution of something or someone as belonging to someone

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14
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Ebullience

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The quality of being cheerful and full of energy

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15
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Vitriol

A

Cruel and bitter criticism

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16
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Despondent

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In low spirit from loss of hope or courage

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17
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Disavows

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Deny any responsibility or support for.

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18
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Conjecture

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An opinion of conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information

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19
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Purport

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Appear or claim to be or do something, especially falsely. The meaning or substance of something, typically a document or speech

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20
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Avow

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Assert or confess openly

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21
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Preclude

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Prevent from happening; make impossible

22
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Forestalls

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Prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time

23
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Engenders

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Cause or give rise to

24
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Negates

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Nullify; make ineffective. Deny the existence of something. Make negative in meaning

25
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Abate

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Become less intense or widespread. Cause to become smaller or less intense. lessen reduce or remove.

26
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Accord

A

Give or grant someone (power, status or recognition). Be harmonious or consistent with.

27
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Abrogate

A

Repeal or do away with (Law, right, or formal agreement)

28
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Preempted

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Take action in order to prevent an anticipated event from happening. Interrupt or replace.

29
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Stifles

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Make someone unable to breath properly, suffocate. Restrain a reaction or stop oneself acting on emotion. Prevent or constrain an activity or idea.

30
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Celerity

A

Move swiftly

31
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Assimilate

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Take in information and understand fully. Absorb and integrate (culture, ideas) into a wider culture. Cause something to resemble

32
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Disburse

A

Pay out money from a fund

33
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Dissent

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The expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.

34
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Tangentially

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In a way that related only slightly to a matter. Peripherally. In the manner, position, or direction of a tangent

35
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Virtuoso

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An individual who possesses outstanding talent and technical ability in a particular art or field

36
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Bent

A

An inclination or tendency

37
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Inured

A

Accustom to something, especially something unpleasant. Come into operation; take effect

38
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Penchant

A

A strong or habitual liking or tendency to do something

39
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Propensity

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An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way

40
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Qualms

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An uneasy feeling of doubt, or fear, especially about one’s own conduct

41
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Defer

A

Put off for a later time, prospone

42
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Prone

A

Likely to or liable to suffer from, do, or experience something, typically something regrettable or unwelcomed

43
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Facile

A

Appearing neat and comprehensive only by ignoring the true complexities of an issue. Superficial

44
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Inadvertent

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Not resulting from or achieved through deliberate planning

45
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Insular

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Ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or people outside one’s own experience.

46
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Forgo

A

Omit or declined to take something pleasant or valuable; go without

47
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Impoverished

A

Make a person or area poor. Exhaust the strength or vitality of something

48
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Incommensurate

A

Out of keeping or in proportion with

49
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Thwart

A

Prevent someone from accomplishing something

50
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Apoplectic

A

Overcome with anger; extremely indignant .

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