Hotlist Flashcards
(109 cards)
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abhorrence
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hatred
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abstemious
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spare in eating and drinking
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abstruse
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difficult to understand
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acquiesce
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to agree without question
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acrimony
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bitterness; spite
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aggrandize
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to make something seem bigger
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aggregate
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to collect
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aggregation
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a collection
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ascendancy
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control; influence
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ascetic
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denying of worldly pleasures
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aspersion
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slander; a damaging remark
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assiduous
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diligent
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austerity
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sternness; refraining from worldly pleasures
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banal
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repeated too often; predictable
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basal
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of primary importance
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belie
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contradict
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bereavement
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sadness over death
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bucolic
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relating to something pastoral
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beurocracy
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administration characterized by excessive routine and petty officials
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beurocratization
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dividing into bureaus
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candor
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honesty
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carping
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finding fault needlessly
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catharsis
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strong emotional release
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censorious
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criticizing
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charlatan
fraud
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chicanery
trickery
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circumlocution
an indirect expression
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colloquial
relating to conversation
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conciliatory
wiling to compromise
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consummate
showing a high degree of skill and flair; complete or perfect
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contingency
an alternate plan
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convivial
jovial nature
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curtail
reduce; limit
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decorous
dignified; proper
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deplore
to show disapproval
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depose
to remove from office
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deprecate
express disapproval of
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dessicate
to dry
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diaphanous
semi-transparent
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diatribe
a violent verbal attack
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dictum
decree
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dimunition
reducing in size
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discerning
mentally sharp
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discordant
conflicting (e.g. sounds)
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disquiet
to cause unrest/uneasyness
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doctrinaire
(adj) seeking to impose a doctrine in all circumstances without regard to practical considerations; (n) a person who seeks to impose a doctrine without regard to practical considerations
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dowager
an elderly, dignified woman; widow of royalty
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edify
to teach virtues, morals, etc
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innocuous
harmless
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jingoism
fanatical patriotism
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laconic
concise
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laggard
sluggish
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lampoon
to mock
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laud
praise
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levity
lightheartedness; not seriousp
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listless
unenergetic
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lugubrious
gloomy; mournful
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machination
a calculated pattern of thinking or scheming
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milieu
surroundings; location; setting
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nascent
beginning to exist; recently born
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nefarious
evil
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opulence
excessive wealth
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palpable
able to be felt by the senses
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parsimony
frugality; cheapness
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pensive
thoughtful; hesitant
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perfidy
treachery; a breach of faith
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pernicious
destructive
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preeminance
high status; greatness
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profligacy
extravagance
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effusive
unrestrained; enthusiastic
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elegy
a sad poem or song
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emend
to correct or edit
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equanimity
mentally calm, cool, and collected
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erudite
scholarly
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facetious
treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant
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fastidious
picky; difficult to please
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halcyon
glory days; consummate period
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histrionic
(adj) overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style; (n) exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention
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iconoclast
one who attacks traditional or common beliefs
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ignominy
humiliation; disgrace
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impetuous
hotheaded; hasty; arbitrary
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improvident
not careful; neglectful
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inane
absurd
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indict
to charge with a crime
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indigence
poverty
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purveyor
provider; supplier
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quagmire
swampy land
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querulous
whiny
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quiescent
dormant; sleeping
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raiment
clothing; to clothe
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rancor
hatred
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reticent
reserved; shy
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scanty
small or insufficient in quantity or amount; a dearth
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sedulous
diligent
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strident
loud and shrill
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succinct
brief
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sundry
an assortment; a haphazard collection
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surfeit
(n) excess; (v) cause (someone) to desire no more of something as a result of having consumed or done it to excess
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syncophant
a "suck-up"
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syncopate
to displace the beats or accents in (music or a rhythm) so that strong beats become weak and vice versa; to shorten (a word) by dropping sounds or letters in the middle, as in symbology for symbolology
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terse
abruptly short or concise
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torpor
lethargy
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treacly
cloying: overly sweet
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trepidation
fear; apprehension
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trite
commonplace, clichéd
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unequivocal
having only one meaning; clear
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vagary
an unexpected and inexplicable change in a situation or in someone's behavior
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vitriolic
filled with bitter criticism or malice
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whimsical
capricious; decided by impulse or chance
