Groups A, B, C, D Flashcards
(114 cards)
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amalgamate
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to combine several elemnts into a whole
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avarice
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greed
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly or flourish
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dearth
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smallness of quantity or number
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impecunious
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lacking funds; without money
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magnanimity
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the quality of being generously noble in mind and heart, esp. in forgiving
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mundane
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of the world; typical or concerned with the ordinary
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ostentatious
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charactrized by or given to prtentiousness, showy
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penurious
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penny-piching; excessivly thrifty
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penury
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poverty; desitution
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pervade
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be present and apparent throughout
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pelthora
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and overabundence; a surplus
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preen
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to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
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prodigal
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recklessly wasteful; extrevagent; profuse; lavish
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prodigious
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abundent in size, force or extent; extraordinary
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profilgate
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excessivly wasteful; recklessly extravagant
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profuse
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abundent; lavish
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proliferate
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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly
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prolific
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producing large volumes or amounts; productive
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quaff
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to drink deeply
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solvent
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able to meet financial obligations; able to dissolve another substance
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sordid
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charactrized by filth, grime or squalor; foul
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sparse
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thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced invervals
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spendthrift
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one who spends money wastefully
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squalid
sordid; wrteched and dirty as from neglect
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squander
to waste by by sprnding or using irresponsibly
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superfulous
exceeding what is sufficent or necessary
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surfeit
excess; overindulgence
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unbiquitous
existing everywhere at the same time; constantly encounterd; widespread
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urbane
sophisticated; refined; elegent
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voracious
having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit; ravenous
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accolade
an expression of praise
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adulation
excessive praise
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approbation
an experssion of approval or praise
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castigation
severe criticism or punishment
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censure
to criticize severly; to officailly rebuke
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culpable
deserving blame
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derision
scorn; ridicule; contemptuous treatment
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diatrice
a hard denunciation
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disparage
to slight or belittel
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elegy
a mournful poem; esp. one lamenting the dead
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exculpate
exonerate; to clear of blame
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exonerate
to remove blame
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fawn
to flatter or praise excessively
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flout
to demonstrate contempt for. as in a rule or convention
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fluminate
to loudly attack or denounce
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iconoclast
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or instituations
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laud
to praise loudly
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opprobrium
disgrace; contempt; scorn
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paean
a song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
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qualms
misgiving; reservations; causes for hesitancy
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recant
to retract, esp. a previously held belief
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redoubtable
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
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rescind
to invalidate; to repeal; to retract
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tirade
a long and extremely critical speech; a harsh denounciation
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tout
to publicly praise or promote
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vilify
to defame; to characterize harshly
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vituperate
to use harsh condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely; to berate
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amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
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bellicose
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
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belligerent
hostile and aggressive
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cacophony
harsh, jaring, discordent sound; dissonance
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cantankerous
bad-tempered, argumentative; quarellsome
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caustic
burning or stinging
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complainsance
the willingness to comply with the wishes of others
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contentious
argumentative; quarrelsome; causing controversy or disagreement
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contrite
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
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effrontery
extrem boldness; presumptuousness
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halycon
calm and peaceful
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imperturbable
marked by extreme calm, impassive and steadiness
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impetuous
hatily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
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inimical
damaging; harmful; injurious
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innucuous
harmless; causing no damage
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intransigent
refusing to compromise
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irascible
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts
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malevolent
having or showing often vicious ill will, spite or hatred
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martial
associated with war and the armed forces
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mercurial
characterized by rapid and unpredictable change of mood
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mollify
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
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noxious
harmful; injurious
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perfidy
intentional breach of faith; treachery
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placate
to appease; to calm by making concessions
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quiescence
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
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rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
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truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
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virulent
extermely harmful or piosonous; bitterly hostile of antagonistic
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volatile
readily changing to a vapor; changable; fickle; explosive
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aver
to state a fact
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bolster
to support support of reinforce
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convoluted
complex or complicated
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decorum
polite or appropriate conduct of behaviour
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eloquent
well-spoken; expressive; articulate
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equivocate
to use ambigious language with a deceptive intent
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eulogy
a speech honoring the dead
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garrulous
pointlessly talkative; talking too much
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germane
relevant to the subject at hand; appropriate in subject matter
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glib
marked by ease or informality; lacking in depth; superficial
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grandiloquence
pompous speech or expression
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harangue
to deliver a pompous sppeech or tirade
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hyperbole
an exaggerated statement, often used as a figure of speech
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laconic
using few words; terse
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loquacious
extremely talkative
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lucid
clear; easily understood
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nebulous
vauge; cloudy; lacking clearly defined form
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neologism
a new word, expression or usage; the creation of new words or senses
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obfuscate
to deliberately obscure; to make confusion
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pith
the essential or central part
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pithy
precise and brief
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platitude
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
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prattle
to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner
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prosaic
dull; unimaginative
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queries
questions; inquiries; doubts in mind; reservations
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succinct
brief; concise
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terse
brief and concise in wording
