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Group 7 & 8 Flashcards

1
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Appease

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Pacify or placate, assuage or satisfy

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Arbitrary

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based on random choice/unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority

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Archaic

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Very old-fashioned

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Clamorous

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making loud and confused noise/expressing or characterized by vehement protects or demands

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5
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Dearth

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A scarcity or lack of something

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Explicable

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able to be accounted for or understood, explainable

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Hyperbole

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Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

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Immutable

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Unable to be changed

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Indefatigable

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persisting tireless, tireless, untiring

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Indolent

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lazy, idle/(of medicine) no or little pain

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Insular

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uninterested in cultures, ideas, or people outside one’s own experience, lacking contact with other people

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Intransigent

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unwilling to change one’s views, uncompromising

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Intrepid

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fearless, adventurous

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Irreverent

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Showing lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

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Loathe

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intense dislike or disgust for

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16
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Malign

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evil in nature, speak about someone in a spitefully critical manner

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17
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Malleable

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easily influenced, pliable

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Neophyte

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A person who is new to a subject, activity, or religion

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19
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Plastic

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Easily shaped/artificial/offering scope for creativity

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Platitude

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used too often to be interesting or thoughtful

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Prescient

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Showing knowledge of events before they take place

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Pristine

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Spotless, clean and and fresh, immaculate

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Reproach

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Expression of disapproval

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Robust

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Vigorous/able to withstand adverse conditions/forceful

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Salubrious

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Healthy, pleasant

26
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Sanction

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Official permission/ a threatened penalty for disobeying rule

27
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Sedulous

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Showing dedication and diligence

28
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Soporific

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Tediously boring or monotonous

29
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Stern

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Serious, strict and severe

30
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Tendentious

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Intending to promote a point of view(controversial one)

31
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Accentuate

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make more noticeable or prominent

32
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Conjectural

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based on or involving conjecture, speculative

33
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Convivial

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friendly, lively and enjoyable

34
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Decadent

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characterized by a state of moral or cultural decline, person who is luxuriously self-indulgent

35
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Egregious

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Outstandingly bad, shocking

36
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Evanescent

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Soon passing out of sight, memory or existence, quickly fading or disappearing

37
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Flamboyant

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Tending to attract attention because of confidence, stylishness/bright, colorful and noticeable

38
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Forestall

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Prevent or obstruct by taking advanced action

39
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Gainsay

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Deny, contradict, speak against or oppose

40
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Galvanize

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Simulate someone into taking action

41
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Indiscriminate

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Done at random or without careful judegement

42
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Innocuous

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Not offensive, lacking capability of being injurious, harmless

43
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Momentary

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Lasting very short time, brief

44
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Mundane

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Lacking interest or excitement, dull

45
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Nettlesome

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Causing annoyance or irrittation, difficulty

46
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Nullify

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Make null and void, invalidate

47
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Obviate

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Remove, avoid or prevent

48
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Omnipresent

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Widespread, constantly encountered

49
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Oust

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Drive out or expel from a position or place

50
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Palpable

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So intense as to seem, almost tangible/plain to see or comprehend, able to be touched or felt

51
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Perfidy

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Betrayal of trust

Synonym: Betrayal, treachery, treason, perfidiousness

52
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Profuse

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Abundant

53
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Pugnacious

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Eager to argue, quarrel or fight

54
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Sagacious

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Wise or shrewd, intelligent

55
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Sanguine

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Optimistic, positive/blood-red

56
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Scant

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Insufficient or barely sufficient

57
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Skulduggery

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Dishonest behavior or activities/trickery

58
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Trivial

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of little value or importance

59
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Utilitarian

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designed to be useful or practical rather

60
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Vapid

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Lacking taste or flavor/lacking significance or zest or spirit

Vapid sounds like rapid…if you cook food in rapid manner, you may not get the taste of food or it will be bland

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