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Manhattan - Essential Flashcards

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Base

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Morally low; dishonerable

Of little value; worthless

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Balk / bawk

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Refuse to proceed or od something

I balked at the idea of traveling on RJ.

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Cartography

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Map-making

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Bygone

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Adj - past, former - the bygone days

N - that which is past - I miss the bygones!

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Caustic

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Capable of burning skin and corroding metal

Being critical, sarcastic

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Commensurate / co MEN sur rate

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(with)

same in size, extent, duration; equivalent, proportional

Paychecks are commensurate with the amount of time worked.

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Clamor

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N - loud uproar

V - to drive force, influence by clamoring - They clamored him out of the office.

to utter noisily - They clamored their demands.

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied, contentwith one’s situation, merits, etc

Pleasant

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Clinch

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To settle (a matter, decision…)

After clinching the deal, they went out ot celebrate

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Counterpoint

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Art of combining melodies

Any element that is juxtaposed and contrasted with another

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Converse

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Opposite

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Conversant

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(with) Familiar by use or study

He is conversant with Spanish History.

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Converge

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Meet in a ponit or line; result in

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Conundrum

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Riddle, puzzle

(especially with pun used in riddle)

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Contend

Contention

Contentious

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To struggle in opposition with enemy, compete

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Culminate

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(in) To reach highest point, summit, highest development; to end or arrive in a final stage

The argument culminated in a fistfight.

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Deface

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To mar surface or appearance; disfigure

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Default

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N - the failure to act; inaction, neglect

Failure to meet pecuniary oblication

They lost their best client by sheer default.

V - To fail in fulfilling an engagement

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Denigrate

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To speak demeaningly of, criticize in a derogatory manner

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Deter

Deterrent

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Restrain or discourage from acting or proceeding

Dog deterred trespassers

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Din

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Loud, confused noise - especially for a long period of time

Cairo is surrounded by din making it hard to sleep at night

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Discredit

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To injure the credit or reputation of

There has been a serious effort to discredit honest politicians

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Disjointed

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Disconnected; not coherent

The novel seem disjointed, as though the author forgot to include eight chapters

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Dispassionate

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Unbiased, disinterested

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Dispatch

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N - speed, promptness; execution

V - Send off with speed; execute, put to death

The sppy was promptly dispatched

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Disposition

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Person’s general or natural mood; character

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Disquieting

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Disturbing; causing anxiety

I have some disquieting news, you’d better sit down for this!

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Disseminate

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Scatter, spread about

Plants use attractive fruit to intice birds who later then disseminate its seeds

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Dissent

Dissension, dissidence

Dissenter, dissident

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To differ from majority, disagree

Citizens dissented from the court’s legalization of marijuana

N

فاعل

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Divine

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V - augur; discover something by guesswork or intution

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Divest

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Deprive someone of rank, title, power, rights

The president divested the secretary of state of her position

To sell off hodings =/= invest

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Dorment

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Asleep, inactive, “on break”

Trees are dorment in the winter

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Hackneyed

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=/= fresh, original

Something so commonplace that it’s stale

CONVERSE AND RAYBANS

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Eccentric

Eccentricity

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Peculiar, odd, deviating from the norm in a whimsical way

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Egalitarianism

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Principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities (in political, economic and social spheres)

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Elated

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Very happy, in high spirits

ebullient

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Eminent

Eminence

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Prominent, distinguished, of high rank

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Equitable

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Fair and impartial

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Erroneous

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Mistaken, wrong

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Esteem

Estimable

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Respect and admiration

Worthy of respect and esteem

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Expound

Exponent

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Present and explain (theory and idea) in detail; expatiate

Person that expounds, explains, interprets

Person who is representative/symbol of something

Abe Lincoln is the exponent of American democracy

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Fanatical

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Zealous in an uncritical way

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Explicate

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Explain

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Flag

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become tired, weaker, less enthusiastic; languid

At Cedear Point, I was flagged, but my younger brother had the energy of a cheetah!

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Finesse

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V - Use tact or diplomacy; employ a deceptive strategy

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Fleeting

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Ephemeral; passing quickly; transitory

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Inasmuch (as)

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Considering that

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Gauche

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Tactless, lacking social grace, awkward, uncouth

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Gainsay

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To deny or contradict, declare false, oppose

The impact of the railroards cannot be gainsaid

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Fringe

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Margin; unconventional, peripheal, extreme

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Voluble

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Speaking incessantly and fluently; continuous flow of words

Alcodray was a voluble spokesman for marijuana

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Glib

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Voluble, but insincere and shallow

Mo Naji was a glib talker; “don’t drink, don’t have sex,” but he should practice what he preaches!

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Hearken / har ken

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Listen, pay attention to

“Harken, students!” yelled the headmaster

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Haven

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Harbor, port

Refuge, safe place

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Gradation

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Progression;

A process taking place gradually, in stages

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Incongruous

Incongruity

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Out of place, inappropriate

Not harmonious - an incongruous mixture (heterogeneous)

Inconsistent - actions that are incongruous with their professed principles

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Idiosyncrasy

Idiosyncratic

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Characteristic or habit peculiar to an individual; quirk

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Illiberality

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Narrow-minded; bigotry, srictness

lack of generosity =/= liberality

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Imminent

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Ready to occur, impending

The war between Iran and Israel is imminent! Can’t wait!

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Impair

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Weaken or damage; make worse

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Impede

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Hold back, delay, prevent; obstruct, to thwart

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Implode

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To burst inward

=/= EXplode

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Inadvertent

Inadvertently

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Uninentional

Unintentionally, unwittingly

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Inconsequential

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Not important; insignificant

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Indeterminate

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Not certain/known; vague

The date of manufacture is indeterminate

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Inherent

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Existing in something/someone as a permanent, essential or characteristic attribute

He has an inherent distrust of strangers

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Intelligible

Unintelligible

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Clear, able to be understood

Unclear, impossible to understand

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Tractable

Intractable

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Easy to manage; docile, amenable

Difficult to be controlled; recalcitrant (recal sit rant) refractory

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Intrepid / in TREP id

Intrepidity

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Fearless; brave; dauntless

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Jocular

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Fond of joking; jolly and playful

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Juncture

(conjuncture)

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Critical point in time; especially due to the pressing circumstances

At this juncture, we must decide whether to go for martial action or not.

Place where two things are joined together

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Keen

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Sharp, piercing - very perceptive or mentally sharp

Rana’s jealousy grew more keen as Maysa got into med school.

Dogs have a keen sense of smell.

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Lackluster

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Not shiny, dull, mediocre, lacking brilliance

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Lampoon

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N - harsh satire

V - to ridicule or satirize

Iranians lampoon Arabs for being backwards and sand dwelling donkeys.

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Languid

Languor

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Exhausted, lacking in spirit

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Lassitude

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Tiredness, weariness, lazy indifference, lack of energy

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Layperson

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Person not conversant with much

Without profession or specialized knowledge in particular subject

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Levity

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Lightness of mind, spirit, mood

Lack of seriousness (sometimes in an inappropriate way)

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Libertine

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Without moral principles

Salacious

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Lull

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N - period of calm or quiet

V - soothe or cause to fall asleep (lullaby)

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Outstrip

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Surpass, exceed; be large or better then

To leave behind, out do, excel

Our sales outstripped those of our competitors

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Maverick

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Rebel, Dissenter

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Metamorphosis

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Complete change (biology)

Caterpillar to butterfly

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Mitigate

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Make less severe

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Mollify

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Calm or soothe (an angry person)

Lessen, soften

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Moreover

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Besides, in addition ot what was said

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Mores

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Essential/characteristic customs and practices of a community (mannerisms)

Among many peculiar mores, Chinese must far after each meal.

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Nuance

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Subtle difference in tone, meaning

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Obsolete

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Out of date, no longer in use

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Offset

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To counteract, compensate

N - counterbalance

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Offhand

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Casual, informal

Almost rude, rather brusque

I asked him a simple question and he replied offhand. That DICK.

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Incontrovertible

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Indisputable, incontestable

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Ostensible

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Portended, sems so on the surface but not necessarily so

Professed, outwardly appearing as such

The cheerleader dissembled an ostensible happiness but it was clear she was rather depressed.

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Pariah

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Social outcast, “untouchable”

The Akhdam in Yemen are social pariahs.

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Partisan

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Devoted to a particular group

Fervent supporter of group

Partisan politics

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Patent

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Obvious, apparent, plain to see

Rana’s resume was replete with patent lies.

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Pathological

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Relating to or caused by disease

Relating to compulsive bad behavior

She thought that her dark skin was a result of tanning, but it was actually pathological.

I can’t believe you stole from your child! You’re pathological!

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Paucity

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Dearth - scarcity; the state of being small in numbers

Scantiness

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Peccadillo

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Small offense, sin or fault (foible)

Sure, Maysam does have her peccadillos, but she’s PERFECT. Lebanese Perfect.

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Pedestrian

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Ordinary, dull, commonplace, lacking inspiration, vapid, platitudinous

Her apartment is SO pedestrian. Could she get any more prosaic?!

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Penchant

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Liking or inclination

I got a penchant for the color purple.

(for)

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Permeate

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Spread throughout

Pervade

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Pervasive

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Tending to spread out

Pervade

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Billow

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V - To fill with air and swell outward

The winds billowed the tent.

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Pith

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Core, essence

Significance or weight

  • pith of the matter -

لب الموضوع

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Placid

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Adj - Peaceful, calm, tranquil

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Ponderous

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Heavy; bulky and unwieldly

(Slow and clumsy due to ^)

Dull and labored

I was assigned to read a ponderous tome.

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Potentate / poten tate

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N - ruler, monarch

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Precarious

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Unstable, insecure, dangerous

Dependent on chance, circumstances beyond one’s control

Precarious livelihood

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Contingent

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On/Upon

Dependent on somethong not certain

Plans are contingent upon good weather.

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Probity

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Honesty, intergity

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Proscribe

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Prohibit, outlaw, denounce, exile/ban

Plagarism is proscribed at every University

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Propriety

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Decoroum

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Pronounced

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Distinct, strong, clearly indicated

Freak has a pronounced nutty flavor

114
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Prologue

Epilogue

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Introductory part

Concluding part

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Presume

Presumption

Presumptive

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To assume

Assumption

Adj - Based on assumption

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Presumptuous

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Bold, too forward, inappropriate

Failure to observe limit of what is appropriate

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Proliferate

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Increase or spread swiftly or excessively

Islamophobia is proliferating quickly

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Profuse

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Adj - abundant, or extravagant

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Profligate

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Adj - completely and shamelessl immoral;

Prodigal

Israel’s profligate expansion into the West Bank is not only immoral, but illegal.

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Prudent

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Wise in practical matters

Alcodray is a volune prudent sexpot.

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Pugnacious / pug nay shus

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Inclined to fight, combative, belligrent

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Qualify

Qualified

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To modify, limit, to make conditional on something else

Dr. Oz gave his qualified endorsement of the book saying that although it’s well-researched, further investigations are needed.

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Recluse

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One who lives in seclusion

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Remedial / re medial

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Providing a remedy; correcting a deficient skill

We offer a summer program for those who need remedial help with foreplay.

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Relegate

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To divest - sent to an inferior place, rank, etc

To exile, banish

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Reproach

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Blame, disgrace, criticize, express disappointment

127
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Repudiate

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To disavow - deny the truth or validity of, refuse to be associated with

Deny the truth or validity of.

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Requite / re quite

Requital

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Reciprocate, repay, revenge, retaliate

Unrequited love

Requite for murderous action

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Rife

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Of common or frequent occurence, prevalent, widespread existence

Reports about Shi’i are RIFE, Seikaly tells me.

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Sagacious

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Wise, showing good judgement and foresight

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Sap

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N - liquid in plants; dupe, doormat - easily taken advantage of

V - to weaken, tire out

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Scathe / skayth

Scathing

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To harm, injure

He left the accieent unscathed!

Bitterly severe/harsh remark; critical

Vitriolic, acerbic

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Sentient / sen shunt

Sentience

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Conscious, able to feel or perceive things

Sentient life form

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Skirt

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V - to lie on or along the edge

To avoid or evade

Dearborn skirts Detroit

She tried skirting the issue

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Slew

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A large number or quantity of

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Soporific

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Causing sleep; something that causes sleep

Sleepy, drowsy

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Spartan

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Very disciplined stern

Frugal, living simply, austere

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Spate

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Sudden, almost overwhelming, outpour

Flood, rush

A spate of angry words

He was so angry that a spate of expletives flew out of bou2o.

a sudden, almost overwhelming, outpouring: a spate of angry words.

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Spearhead

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V - to be the leader of

Nancy agreed to spearhead the PTSA

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Sound

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V - to measure sea’s depth

to examine or investigate - to sound a person’s views

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Speculate

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Contemplate, make a guess

Engage in a risky business transaction; gamble

Spectators during the gold rush bought land on loans w/ high hopes that they’ll find gold

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Sportive

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Playful, merry, joking around

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Substantiate

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Supplant with evidence or proof, corroborate

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Supplicate

Supplication

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To pray humbly; ask, begin or seek in a humble way

145
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Surmise

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To conjecture; to think/infer without certain evidence

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Table

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V - lay aside to discuss later; postpone indefinitely

147
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Tacit

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Understood without being said; implied, silent

tacit agreement

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Taciturn

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Reticent, reserved, not talkative, silent

149
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Tenuous

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Weak, having little substance

The tenuous argument

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Temperance

Temperate

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Moderation or self restraint; abstemious

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Torrid

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Very hot, parching, burning - jews were left wandering in the torrid sands for 40 years

ALSO PASSIONATE - torrid love story

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Trifling

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Trivial, not very important, frivolous

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Unseemly

Unseemliness

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improper, inappropriate, against rules of taste, indecorous,

154
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Viable

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Capable of living (or growing/developing)

Practicle, workable, tenable

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Zenith

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High point, culmination, acme, climax, peak, pinnacle

at the pinnacle/zenith of one’s career

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Wile / while

Wily / whiley

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Trick, meant to fool, trap, entice

Crafty, winning, characteristic by tricks

She lred in the men using her feminine wiles and then made the sale.

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Undermine

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To injure or destroy in a secretive way

To weaken, or cause to collapse by removing underlying support (digging away at the foundation)

You’re nice to my face, but your’e undermining me behind my back.

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