Hotlist A-C Flashcards by Saad Hashmi

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Abstemious

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Spare in eating and drinking

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Abhorrence

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To hate; resent

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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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Collect

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Aggregation

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A collection

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Altruistic

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Generous

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Ambivalence

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Strong positive and negative feelings

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Anachronistic

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Something in a time it does not belong in; a mistake in a timeline

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Antediluvian

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Extremely antiquated

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Antipodes

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Diametrically opposite points on the globe

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Apocryphal

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A made-up “fact”

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Ascendency

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Control; influence

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Ascetic

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One who denies worldly pleasures

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Asceticism

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Limiting pleasures; strict self-restraint

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Aspersions

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Slander; damaging remark

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Assiduous

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Diligent

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Atrophy

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Waste away

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Austerity

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Stern; refraining from worldly pleasures

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Avocation

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Hobby

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Avuncular

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Resembling an uncle (kind, genial, etc.)

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Banal

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Repeated too often; predictable

Basal

Of primary importance

Belie

Contradict

Bereavement

Sadness over death

Bifurcation

A place where something divides into two branches

Bombastic

Pretentious; pompous

Braggart

One who brags

Bucolic

Refers to something pastoral; having to do with a rural setting

Bureaucracy

Administration characterized by excessive routine and petty officials

Bureaucratization

To divide into bureaus

Buttress

To support

Cacophonous

Discordant; clashing sounds

Candor

Honesty

Cantankerous

Stubborn; irritable; In a bad mood

Capricious

Fickle; ever-changing

Carping

To find fault needlessly

Catharsis

The emotional release following an epiphany

Censorious

Criticizing

Charlatan

Witch-doctor; fraud

Chicanery

Trickery; deceit

Circumlocution

An indirect expression (euphemism is a circumlocution)

Clairvoyant

Foresee the future a psychic

Coalesce

Unite; combine

Colloquial

Relation to conversation

Conciliatory

Willing to make compromises

Condone

To approve of

Conflagration

A large fire

Consummate

The greatest in a certain skill

Contingency

Alternate plan

Convivial

Jovial nature; relating to merry making

Convoluted

Confusing; twisted

Curtail

Reduce; limit

Debilitate

Weaken