Level 4 Flashcards

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Impute

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To charge or attribute, especially with a fault or misconduct, lay the responsibility or blame upon, ascribe, assign.

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Provident

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Thrifty, economical, saving for future needs, prudent, frugal.

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Astute

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Shrewd, clever, perceptive, discerning, acute, keenly aware, quick-witted, sagacious, perspicacious, sapient.

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Neophyte

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A beginner, novice, amateur, tyro; a new member of or convert to a religion.

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Enigma

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A mystery, puzzle, riddle, perplexing problem, smth or smn hard to understand or explain, baffling, inexplicable, inscrutable.

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Credence

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Belief, acceptance.

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Venerate

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To respect deeply, revere, regard with awe and adoration.

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Garrulous

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Talkative, especially in a rambling, annoying, pointless, or long-winded way, verbose, loquacious, voluble, prolix.

Antonyms: reserved, reticent, taciturn, laconic.

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Trenchant

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Keen, penetrating, vigorously effective, sharp and to the point, forceful, acute, incisive.

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Autonomous

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Independent, self-governing, not under the control.

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Panacea

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A cure-all, universal antidote, remedy for all diseases and difficulties.

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Ephemeral

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Short-lived, passing, fleeting, lasting for a short time, brief in duration, transitory, evanescent, fugitive, fugacious.

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Onerous

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Burdensome, troublesome, oppressive, hard to bear, difficult to accomplish or endure: an onerous task.

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Laity

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Nonprofessionals, laypeople collectively, all the people outside of a given profession or specialized field.

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Pungent

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Sharp, penetrating, biting, acrid, caustic.

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Prosaic

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Dull, ordinary, uninteresting, unimaginative, commonplace, humdrum, tedious, dry, stale, mediocre, matter-of-fact, insipid, pedestrian, vapid, jejune.

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Charlatan

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A fake, quack, imposter, fraud, humbug; a person who pretends to have a special skill or knowledge.

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Perfunctory

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Mechanical, routine, listless, done merely as a duty, performed in an indifferent, halfhearted, superficial, without interest or enthusiasm.

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Morass

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A swamp, marsh, bog; fig., smth that traps, confuses, a sticky situation.

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Sophistry

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Deceptive reasoning, subtle and misleading argument.

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Prolific

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Fruitful, fertile, productive.

Antonyms: unproductive, barren, sterile, impotent, effete.

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Mundane

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Of the world, worldly, earthly, material as distinguished from spiritual, terrestrial, temporal, secular + sublunary (beneath the moon)

Antonyms: lofty, heavenly, sublime, celestial, ethereal, extraterrestrial.

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Myriad

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Countless, innumerable, infinite, consisting of a great or indefinite number.

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Dissident

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Disagreeing, disaffected, dissenting, nonconformist.

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Laudable
Praiseworthy, commendable, worthy of approval or admiration, meritorious, exemplary, estimable. Antonyms: contemptible, deplorable, ignominious.
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Inimitable
Unable to be imitated, copied, reproduced, beyond compare, matchless, unrivaled, peerless, unparalleled, surpassing, one-of-a-kind, individual, unique.
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Jaded
Worn out, tired, fatigued, weary, exhausted (overwork or overindulgence).
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Myopic
Short-sighted, having a narrow view, lacking discernment, narrow-minded, purblind, obtuse. Antonyms: broad-minded, liberal, tolerant, catholic, latitudinarian.
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Demonstrable
Capable of being demonstrated, able to be proved.
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Callow
Immature, inexperienced, unsophisticated, green, naive, lacking experience in and knowledge of the world; Childishness, foolishness, juvenile, sophomoric, puerile.
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Acquiesce (in)
To agree without protest, give in quietly, consent, comply, submit, assent, accede.
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Pontificate
To speak in a pompous and overbearing way.
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Deleterious
Harmful, destructive, injurious, detrimental, ruinous, noxious, pernicious, malignant. Antonyms: healthful, advantageous, wholesome, salutary.
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Ambivalent
Uncertain, indecisive, having conflicting feelings or desires, simultaneously drawn in opposite directions.
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Pensive
Thoughtful, absorbed in thought, deep/ dreamy/melancholy way, reflective, meditative, wistful, contemplative.
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Impromptu
Offhand, spontaneous, extemporaneous.
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Conjecture
To guess, to form an opinion or make a judgement based on insufficient evidence, suppose, imagine, suspect, presume, speculate, surmise, conjecture
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Surreptitious
Stealthy, characterized by secrecy and caution, done in a secret and sly manner, crafty, furtive, covert, underhand, clandestine. Antonyms: evident, unconcealed, overt, aboveboard, manifest.
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Exemplary
Worthy of imitation, praiseworthy, commendable, ideal, admirable, meritorious, estimable, laudable. Antonyms: shameful, disreputable, contemptible, deplorable, ignominious, odious, heinous.
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Impeccable
Perfect, faultless, flawless, free from imperfections, unable to do wrong, incapable of sin, unimpeachable, irreproachable. Antonyms: reprehensible, censurable, culpable.
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Attest
To affirm to be true/correct, certify or authenticate officially.
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Copious
Abundant, plentiful, large in amount or number, ample, bountiful, profuse. Antonyms: scanty, meager, sparse, paltry.
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Fallacious
False, misleading, deceptive, invalid, based on a fallacy, erroneous, spurious, untenable, illusory, sophistical.
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Stoic
Showing no feelings, unemotional, unaffected by pleasure or pain, impassive, dispassionate, indifferent, apathetic, placid, languid, phlegmatic, imperturbable. Antonyms: ardent, vehement, zealous, fervid, fervent.
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Recrimination
A countercharge or counteraccusation.
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Affinity
Close resemblance or relationships, a strong likeness/similarity/connection; Close relationship: kinship, correspondence, compatibility, consanguinity. Attraction: penchant, proclivity, propensity.
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Volatile
Changeable, unstable, inconstant, likely to change, fickle, flighty, capricious, erratic, protean, mercurial. Antonyms: stable, fixed, steadfast, invariable, immutable, quiescent.
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Squalid
Dirty, foul or filthy from lack of care, wretched, miserable, degraded, seedy, unkempt, slovenly, dilapidated. Antonyms: unsullied, immaculate, pristine.
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Expedite
To speed up, hasten, facilitate, accelerate the progress of, handle or perform and efficiently. Antonyms: delay, postpone, hinder, retard, slacken, protracted.
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Abject
Degraded, brought low in condition or state, lacking self-respect, contemptible, wretched, debased, despicable, ignoble, groveling, servile, squalid. Antonyms: noble, dignified, lofty, majestic, eminent, illustrious.