List 2 Flashcards
(86 cards)
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banal
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not original, common, boring
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benevolent
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generous
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bog
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marsh, swamp
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buoyant
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- cheerful 2. floating 3. very active (in an economic
context)
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buttress
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support
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byzantine
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excessively complex
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belabor
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to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extent
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belie
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to contradict
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beget
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to give birth to
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caricature
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a portrait or description that is purposely distorted or exaggerated, often to prove some point about its subject
11
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celibacy
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abstinence from sex
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belleaguer
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to surround
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beset
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to harass
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candor
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truthfulness
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chasm
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a deep, gaping hole
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awry
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off course, away from appropriate
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bemused
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confused
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capitulate
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to surrender
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avow
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to claim
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capricious
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unpredictable
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burgeon
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to expand
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autonomous
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acting independently
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axiom
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wildly accepted
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auspicious
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favourable
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bane
poison
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benefactor
one who provides help, especially in the form of a gift or donation
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belligerent
quarrelsome
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charlatan
fraud
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chagrin
humiliation
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bovine
cow related
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brevity
briefness
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chastise
to discipline
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blatant
unpleasantly or offensively noisy
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cerebral
brainy
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caustic
like acid
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bastion
stronghold
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bucolic
countrylike
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blithe
cheerful
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blasphemy
irreverence, a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
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blight
a disease in plants
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castigate
to criticise severely
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bequest
something left to someone in a will
43
belittle
to make to seem little
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cadence
rhythm
45
censure
to condemn severely for doing some thing bad
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bereaved
deprived or left desolate, especially through death
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compendium
summary
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convivial
festive
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congenial
agreeably suitable
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condescend
to patronize
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clemency
mercy
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contrite
admitting guilt
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condone
to overlook
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copious
abundant
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chronic
constant
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congenital
describing a trait or condition acquired between conception and birth
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chimera
an illusion
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compelling
forceful
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circumscribe
to restrict
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comprise
consist of
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circuitous
roundabout
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commensurate
equal
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complicity
participation in wrong doing
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conciliatory
making peace
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coerce
to force someone to do or not to do sth
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contentious
argumentative
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connoisseur
an expert, particularly in matters of art or taste
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conducive
promoting
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concurrent
happening at the same time
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colloquial
conversational
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circumlocution
an indirect expression
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construe
to interpret
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concord
harmony
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contingent
dependent
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coherent
holding together
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conjure
to summon or bring into being as if by magic
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cognizant
aware
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consummate
perfect
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corollary
something that follows
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complement
to complete or fill up
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choleric
hot tempered
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circumspect
cautious
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consecrate
to make or declare sacred
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consonant
harmonious
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corroborate
to confirm
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consensus
unanimity or general agreement
