Flashcards in List3 Deck (84)
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Intriguing
Fascinating
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Disparate
Essentially different in kind;
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Perseverance
Persistence
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Realise
Cause to happen; understand clearly
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Sagacious
Wise or shrewd
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Affable
Friendly, easy to talk to
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Stigma
A mark of disgrace, shame
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Tendentious
Expressing or intending to promote a particular case or viewpoint, esp a controversial one
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LNepotism
The practice of among those with power of favouring relatives or friends
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Tactless
Insensitive, inconsiderable l, thoughtless
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Deft
Neatly skilful and quick in one's movement
Skilful, clever
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Malign
Harmful, evil
Speak about in a spitefully critical manner
Blacken someone's name or character
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Forestall
To prevent by taking advance action
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Rigid
Inflexible, stiff
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License
To permit, to allow,
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Fanatical
zealous, filled with excessive and single-minded zeal
Obsessively concerned with something
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Allegiance
Loyalty, commitment, obedience
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Formidable
Intimidating, inspiring fear or respect through impressively large, capable or powerful
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Inevitable
Unavoidable or situation that's unavoidable
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Ferocious
Fierce, cruel, violent
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Entreaty
An earnest or humble request
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Insolence
Rude and disrespectful behaviour
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gratification
Pleasure, satisfaction
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Supplication
entreaty, the action of asking something humbly
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Wilful
(Of a bad to harmful act) intentional, deliberate
Stubborn, self-willed
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Hearken back to
To mention or remember past
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Resurgent
Reviving
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Evanescent
Short-existing, vanishing, fading
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Recrudescent
Reviving
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