List 5 Flashcards
(44 cards)
1
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celerity
A
speed
2
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maldroit
A
clumsy, unskillful
3
Q
unequivocal
A
clear, obvious
4
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animosity
A
hatred, antagonism
5
Q
censorious
A
disapproving, critical
6
Q
incongruous
A
out of place
7
Q
malady
A
illness
8
Q
palpable
A
easily felt
9
Q
annex
A
n - building that’s an extension
v - seize, capture
10
Q
censure
A
blame
11
Q
extrinsic
A
irrelevant
12
Q
malediction
A
a curse
13
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panacea
A
a remedy for all ills
14
Q
prevaricate
A
speak misleadingly
15
Q
scutter
A
sink
16
Q
unfrock
A
to remove a priest from position
17
Q
cerebral
A
intellectual
18
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diffident
A
lacking confidence
19
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malefactor
A
a wrong-doer
20
Q
unprecedent
A
never having happened before
21
Q
digress
A
wander off the subject
22
Q
proclivity
A
tendency toward
23
Q
charlatan
A
trickster claiming knowledge they don’t have
24
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paragon
A
perfect example
25
sentinel
guard, sentry
26
unwitting
not deliberate, unconscious
27
chary
cautious of, reluctant to give
28
dilatory
slow, falling behind in work
29
prodigal
wasteful, extravagant
30
upbraid
scold, tell off, reprimand
31
antediluvian
outdated, prehistoric
32
fastidious
overly particular, finicky
33
indolence
laziness
34
prodigious
very large
35
serendipity
fortunate coincidence, unsought discovery
36
anthology
a book that's a collection of poems or short stories
37
chicanery
trickery
38
dilettante
person dabbles in a subject without serious study
39
fatuous
silly, foolish
40
anthropocentrism
putting man at the center of a philosophy
41
chimerical
changeable, unstable
42
marred
damaged, spoiled
43
urbane
sophisticated, suave
44
upshot
outcome
