Kaplan #3 Flashcards by Stash Dabrowski

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Implacable

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unable to be calmed down or made peaceful

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Inchoate

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not fully formed, disorganized

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Ingenuous

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showing innocence or childlike simplicity

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Inimical

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hostile, unfriendly

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Innocuous

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harmless

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Insipid

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lacking interest or flavor

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Intransigent

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uncompromising

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Inundate

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to overwhelm, to cover with water

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Irascible

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easily made angry

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Laconic

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Using few words

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Lament

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to express sorrow, to grieve

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Laud

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to give praise, to glorify

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Lavish

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to give unsparingly, or extremely generous or extravagant

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Lethargic

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acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner

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Loquacious

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talkative

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Lucid

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clear and easily understood

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Malinger

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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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Malleable

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capable of being shaped

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Metaphor

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a figure of speech comparing two different things, a symbol

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Meticulous

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extremely careful about details

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Misanthrope

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a person who dislikes others

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Mitigate

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to soften, to lessen

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Mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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Monotony

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lack of variation

Naïve

lacking sophistication or experience

Obdurate

hardened in feeling, resistant to persuasion

Obsequious

overly submissive and eager to please

Obstinate

stubborn, unyielding

Obviate

to prevent, to make unnecessary

Occlude

to stop up, to prevent the passage of

Onerous

troublesome and oppressive, burdensome

Opaque

impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light

Opprobrium

public disgrace

Ostentation

Excessive showiness

Paradox

a contradiction or dilemma

Paragon

model of excellence or perfection

Pedant

someone who shows off learning

Perfidious

willing to betray one's trust

Perfunctory

done in a routine way, indifferent

Permeate

to penetrate

Philanthropy

charity, desire or effort to promote goodness

Placate

to soothe or pacify

Plastic

able to be molded, altered or bent

Plethora

excess

Pragmatic

practical as opposed to idealistic

Precipitate

to throw violently or bring about abruptly, lacking deliberation

Prevaricate

to lie or deviate from the truth

Pristine

fresh and clean, uncorrupted

Prodigal

lavish, wasteful

Proliferate

in increase in number quickly