kaplan 6 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Intruding / intrude

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put oneself deliberately into a place or situation where one is uninvited.

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2
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Contemplates

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look thoughtfully for a long time at.

think about.

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3
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exude

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to have a lot of a particular quality or feeling:

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4
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foster

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to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings:

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5
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steward

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a person employed to look after the passengers on a ship, aircraft, or train.
a person responsible for supplies of food to a college, club, or other institution.

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6
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husband

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to use something carefully so that you do not use all of it

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7
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pretentious

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trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature

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hale

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(especially of old people) healthy and strong:

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9
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Lissome / lissom

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attractively thin and able to move quickly and smoothly

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10
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Medley / mélange

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a varied mixture of people or things.

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11
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bald

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basic and with no unnecessary words or detail:

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12
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the hoi polloi

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ordinary people:

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13
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abounding

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very plentiful; abundant.

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14
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twofold

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twice as big or as much: / by two times:

having two parts:

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15
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pompous

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too serious and full of importance:

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16
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vapid

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showing no intelligence or imagination:

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17
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concoct

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to invent an excuse, explanation, or story in order to deceive someone:
make (a dish or meal) by combining various ingredients.

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18
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accrete

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grow by accumulation or coalescence.

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19
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transmogrify

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to transform or be changed completely:

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20
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perambulate

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to walk about for pleasure

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21
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Intriguing / piquant

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very interesting because of being unusual or mysterious:

22
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enormous

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extremely large:

23
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baffle

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totally bewilder or perplex.

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slovenly

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messy, dirty, or not careful:

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syncopated
cut short, abbreviated | (of a tune) having a rhythm in which strong notes are not on the beat:
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fraternal
friendly, like brothers:
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consonant
in agreement or harmony with.
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acumen
the ability to make correct judgments:
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Homily / homiletics
a piece of spoken or written advice about how someone should behave:
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basal
forming the bottom layer of something
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coeval
having the same age or date of origin; contemporary.
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contemporary
living or occurring at the same time.
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arid
unsuccessful: not interesting and showing no imagination: (of land or weather) having little rain; very dry:
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redundant
not or no longer needed or useful; superfluous. | Not employed
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concord
agreement and peace between countries and people:
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toothsome
(especially of food) attractive or pleasant
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agrarian
relating to farming or farmers:
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marginalize
to treat someone or something as if they are not important:
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peripheral
Something that is peripheral is not as important as something else:
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unbeknownst
without the knowledge of (someone).
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abhorrent
morally very bad:
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tremulous
timid; nervous.
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aflutter
excited and nervous:
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coltish
A coltish person is young and energetic but awkward:
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sentry
a soldier who guards a place, usually by standing at its entrance:
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harbingers
a person or thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad:
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herald
a sign that something will happen, change, etc.:
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omnipotent
having unlimited power and able to do anything:
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recant
to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
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civility
the quality of being polite: