Group 6 Flashcards

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal whim

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2
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Austere

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Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

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3
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Expedite

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Make (an action or process) happen sooner

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4
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Heresy

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Belief or opinion at odds with what is generally accepted

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5
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Condescend

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Show feelings of superiority or be patronizing

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6
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Fallacious

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Based on a mistaken belief

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7
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Intangible

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Unable to be touched or grasped; not having physical presence

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8
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Compatible

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Two things able to exist together without conflict

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9
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Dubious

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Unsettled in opinion

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10
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Solicit

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Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone

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11
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Elusive

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Difficult to find, catch, or achieve

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12
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Facilitate

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Make (an action or process) easy or easier

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13
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Static

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Lacking in movement, action, or change

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14
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Dogmatic

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Inclined to lay down principles as inconvertibly true

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15
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Flagrant

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(Of something considered wrong or immoral) obviously offensive

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16
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Desecrate

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Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate

17
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Fortuitous

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Happening by accident or chance rather than design

18
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Vehement

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

19
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Credulous

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Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things; gullible

20
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Blasphemy

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The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about god or sacred things; profane talk