List 05 Flashcards by Cindy Collins

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Anecdote

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a brief amusing story

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Celerity

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speed

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Dexterous

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skillful with hands

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Extraneous

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irrelevant

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Maladroit

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clumsy; unskillful

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Pallid

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pale

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Scrupulous

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careful; diligent; painstaking

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Unequivocal

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clear; obvious

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Censorious

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disapproving; critical

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Dichotomy

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a division into two parts

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Extrapolate

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extend; predict on the basis of known data

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Incongruous

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not fitting in; out of place

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Malady

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illness

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Palpable

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easily felt; easily perceived

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Unfetter

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set free

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Annex (n)

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a building which is an addition to an existing building

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Censure

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blame

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Didactic

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intended to teach; instructive

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Extrinsic

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irrelevant; on the outside

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Malediction

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a curse

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Panacea

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remedy for all ills

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Prevaricate

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speak misleadingly and evasively

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Scuttle

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sink

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Unfrock

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to remove a priest from his position

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Annex (v)

take possession of; seize; capture

Cerebral

intellectual

Diffident

lacking confidence

Fallacious

false

Malefactor

a wrong-doer

Paradigm

1. example; 2. model; 3. way of looking at things

Certitude

certainty

Indelible

cannot be wiped out

Malinger

deliberately avoid work; shirk

Paradox

apparently contradictory statement

Proclivity

tendency towards

Sensuous

appealing to the senses

Charlatan

trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have

Dike

dam; embankment

Malingerer

person who deliberately tries to avoid work

Paragon

a perfect example

Sentinel

guard; sentry

Chary

wary of; cautious about; reluctant to give

Dilatory

slow; falling behind with one's work

Paramount

of supreme importance

Prodigal

wasteful; extravagant

Sequester

isolate

Upbraid

scold; tell off; reprimand

Antediluvian

outdated; prehistoric; very old-fashioned

Fastidious

overly particular; finicky

Indolence

laziness

Prodigious

very large

Serendipity

fortunate coincidence; unsought discovery

Uproarious

hilarious; hysterical; very funny

Dilettante

person who dabbles in a subject without serious study

Fatuous

silly; foolish

Profane

unholy

Upshot

outcome

Anthropocentrism

putting man at the center of one's philosophy

Chimerical

changeable; unstable

Urbane

sophisticated; suave