Magoosh Flashcards
(43 cards)
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precis
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thesis
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sullen
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depressed
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ebb
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to decrease
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entailed
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necessity or consequence
a loss entailing no regret.
5
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cronies, chums
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close companions
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contemporaries
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people belonging to the same time period as a partiular person
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flourishes
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ostentatious display
8
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to cavil
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to criticize small things (cavalier)
9
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to gloat
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to be a schadenfreude
10
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sleuth
A
a detective
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colloquial
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speaking
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blasé
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unconcerned
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overt
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not covert, visible to public
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disparage
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to insult
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agnosticism
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a disbelief that claims ultimate knowledge
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corral
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to gather
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heckler
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one who incites the crowd
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scuttling
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walking away
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protracted
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to prolong
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deliberation
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carefulling examining options
21
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romanticize
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idealize
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ennoble
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to give someone a noble status
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dicey
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potentially dangerous
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pageantry
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showy display
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schmooze
gossip
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hobnob
mix with the people of higher status
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muckrake
search and spread scandal about famous people
28
unassuming
modest
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sacerdotal
a respectable person
| a sacerdotal priest
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pandemonium
chaotic situation
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despondent
forlorn
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straitened
characterized by poverty
33
vestige
a trace of something that existed
34
Flagrant
A conspicuous and obvious mistake
35
gratuitous
uncalled for
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puckish
playful (arch)
37
forthcoming
also means about to come
38
auguries
an omen, a prediction
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tropes
themes repeated many times
40
peccadillo
small mistake
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quibble
a slight objection
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Ancillary
Providing support necessary for the operation.
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ambit
restricting in scope. "ambit of science"
