Groups G, H, I, J Flashcards

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Alacrity

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Eager and enthusiastic willingness

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Aberrant

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Deviating from the norm

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Austere

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Without adornment , bare, severely simple, ascetic

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Discordant

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Conflicting, dissident or harsh in sound

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Disparate

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Fundamentally distinct or dissimilar

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Fervent

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Greatly emotional or zealous

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Idolatrous

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Given to intense or excessive deviation to something

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Intreactable

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Not easily managed or directed, stubborn, obstinate

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Intrepid

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Steadfast and courageous

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Obdurate

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Unyielding, hardhearted, intreactable

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Obstinate

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Stubborn, hardheaded, uncompromising

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Peruse

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To examine with great care

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Pristine

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Pure, uncorrupted, clean

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Probity

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Adherence to highest principles, uprightness

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Quotidian

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Occurring or recurring daily, commonplace

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Solicitous

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Concerned and attentive, eager

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Tenacity

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The quality of adherence or persistence to something valued

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Untenable

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Indefensible, not viable, uninhabitable

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Vacillate

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To waver indecisively between one course of action and another, waver

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Variegated

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Multicolored, characterized by a variety of patches of different color

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Vigilant

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Alertly watchful

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Waver

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To move to and fro, to sway, to be unsettled in opinion

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audicious

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daring and fearless; recklessly bold

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chary

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wary; catious; sparing

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contiguous
sharing a border; touching; adjacent
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ephrmeral
brief; fleeting
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evanscent
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing
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extemporaneous
improvised; done without preperation
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fortitous
happening by fortunate accident or change
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ingenuous
artless; frank and candid; lacking in sophistication
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meticulous
characterized by extre care and precision; attentive to detail
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oscillation
the act of swinging back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm
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precipitate
acting with excessive haste of impulse
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predilection
a disposition in favor of something; preference
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presceince
foreknowledge of events; knowing of event prior to their occurence
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proclivity
a natural predisposition or inclination
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stoic
indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; steadfast
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supplant
to take the place of; supersede
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tenuous
having liitel substance or strength; filmsy; weak
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transient
fleeting; passing quickly; briefly
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Reverance
Admire, awe, veneration
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Discern
To notice, distinguish
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Intimate
Suggest
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Pithy
Brief
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acerbic
having a sour or bitter taste or character
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astrigent
having a tightent effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
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Bucolic
rustic and pastoral; chracteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
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dissemble
to disguise or conceal; misleading
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divulge
to disclose something secret
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ebullience
the quality of liverly or enthusiastic thoughts and feelings
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gregarious
sociable; outgoing; enjoying the company of other people
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impassive
revealing no emotion
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implacable
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
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impunity
immunity from punishment or penlty
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infelictious
unfortunate; inappropriate
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insipid
without taste of flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
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inveigle
to pbtain by deception or flattery
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maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
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obseqious
exhibiting a fawing attentiveness
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obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or percise in thought or expression
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obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary
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odious
evoking intense aversion or dislike
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pernicious
extermely harmful; potentially causing death
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pervasive
haing the tendency to permeate or spread throughout
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pirate
to illegally use or reproduce
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plummet
to plunge or drop stright down
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percursor
on that preceds and indicates or announces another
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pungent
characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
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presumptous
overstepping due bounds (as of prepriety or courtesy); taking liberties
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querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
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recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
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refulgent
radient; shiny; brilliant
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relegate
to forcibly assign to a lower place or position
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vexation
annoyance; irritation
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repudiate
to refuse to have anything to do with; disown
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reverent
marked by, feeling or expressing a feeling of profound awe and respect
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salubrious
promoting health or well-being
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shard
a piece of broken pottery or glass
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subpoena
a courst order requiring appearance and/or testimony
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torque
a force that causes rotation
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abscond
to depart clandestinely; to steal off and hide
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arduous
strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort
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demur
to question or oppose
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enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
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ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy
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furtive
marked by stealth; covert; surreptitious
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inert
unmoving
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morose
sad; sullen;melancholy
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onerous
troubling; burdonsome
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phlegmatic
calm; sluggish; unemotional
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pine
to yearn intensely; to languish; to lose vigor
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prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
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quixotic
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals
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recondite
hidden; concealed; difficult to understand
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renege
to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
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sedulous
diligent; persistent; hard-working
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soporific
causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
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stupefy
to stun, baffle, to amaze
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torpid
lethargic; sluggish; dormant
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tortuous
winding; twisting; excessively complicated
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trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
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viscous
thick; sticky