Medium Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Onus
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Def: burden
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Turbid
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Def: (of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter
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Fulcrum
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Def: a prop or support; the point of rest which a lever turns in a moving body
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Extrapolate
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Def: to infer from something that is known; conjecture
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Sinews
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Def: strength; power; resilience
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Adroitness
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Def: cleverly skillful; resourceful
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Indolent
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Def: having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful
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Aperture
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Def: a hole or gap
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Indelible
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Def: making marks that cannot be removed; not to be forgotten or removed
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Languish
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Def: to be or become weak or feeble; to undergo neglect or experience prolonged inactivity
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Skulk
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Def: to hide for a bad reason, or to lie in wait to attack
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Virulent
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Def: extremely infectious, poisonous
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Extricate
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Def: to free or release from entanglement
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Complicit
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Def: choosing to be involved in an illegal act
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Sychophant
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Def: a self-seeking servile flatterer
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Intractable
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Def: not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable
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Perverse
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Def: willfully determined or disposed to go counter to what is expected or desired; persistent or obstinate in what is wrong
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Obfuscate
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Def: to confuse or bewilder; to make obscure
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Depraved
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Def: corrupt, wicked, perverted
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Haughty
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Def: disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
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Pinioned
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Def: to bind a persons arms or hands so they cannot be used
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Sanguine
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Def: cheerfully optimistic, confident
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Cosseted
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Def: to treat as a pet; to coddle
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Effusive
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Def: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve, flowing out
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Ignominious
Def: discreditable; humiliating
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Taciturn
Def: inclined to silence; reserved in speech; reluctant to join conversation
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Censure
Def: strong or vehement expression of disapproval; an official reprimand
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Inimical
Fed: adverse in effect; unfavorable; harmful
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Mollified
Def: to soften in feeling or temper; pacify or appease
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Dissemble
Def: to give a false or misleading appearance to; to conceal the truth of; to put on the appearance of; feign
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Winnow
Def: a process of separating and distinguishing
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Ribald
Def: vulgar or indecent speech; coarsely mocking
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Reticent
Def: disposed to be silent or not speak freely; reserved
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Caprice
Def: a sudden, unpredictable change; a tendency to change one's mind without apparent reason
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Extol
Def: to praise highly; laud
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Equivocation
Def: use of ambiguous statements, especially with intent to mislead
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Voluptuous
Def: sexually attractive; curvaceous; relating to sensual pleasure
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Belligerent
Def: showing readiness to fight; aggressively hostile
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Plaintive
Def: expressing sorrow or melancholy
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Insipid
Def: bland; boring; without distinctive or interesting qualities
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Spurious
Def: not genuine, authentic, or true; counterfeit
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Pernicious
Def: causing insidious harm; injurious; hurtful; deadly
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Subversive
Def: tending to undermine, or destroy an established system
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Desultory
Def: lacking consistency, constancy or order; digressing from the main subject
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Inordinate
Def: not within proper or reasonable limits; unrestrained in conduct
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Pontificating
Def: to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner
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Amalgamation
Def: to mix, merge, or blend; to make a combination
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Assiduous
Def: constant in effort; diligent; persevering
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Deprecate
Def: to express earnest disapproval; to protest against
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Lionize
Def: treat like celebrities
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Misogynist
Def: one who hates, despises, mistrusts or mistreats women
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Preclude
Def: to prevent the presence or existence or occurrence of; to make impossible; to exclude or debar
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Paradox
Def: a statement that seems self-contradictory or absurd, but actually expresses a possible truth
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Metaphor
Def: a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable
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Indefatigable
Def: incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue
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Intimate
Def: to indicate or make known indirectly; imply; suggest
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Licentious
Def: sexually unrestrained; unrestrained by law or general morality
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Cynic
Def: a person who believes that selfishness motivates human actions, and who minimized selfless acts
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Acclimate
Def: to accustom or become accustom to, used to a new environment
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Deplorable
Def: causing or being a subject of grief; lamentable; being a cause for reproach
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Trepidation
Def: tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; trembling, quivering
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Probation
Def: the act of testing someone; testing their qualifications, conduct, or character
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Circumspect
Def: watchful; discreet; cautious; well-considered
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Dynamics
Def: branch of mechanics that deals with motion as equilibrium of systems under action of forces; the motivating or driving forces; the pattern of growth, change, and development
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Nebulous
Def: vague; hazy; indistinct
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Gimmick
Def: to equip or embellish with unnecessary features, especially to increase salability
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Hubris
Def: excessive pride and self-confidence
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Marginalize
Def: to place in a position of reduced influence or power
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Complaisant
Def: agreeable; obliging; willing to please others
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Pander
Def: to gratify or indulge
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Gentleman (per Amazon ebook)
Def: one who treats others with respect and holds himself to a very high standard of what is considered proper and chivalrous conduct
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Generosity (Guide to Being a Gentleman)
Def: providing help to someone when you realize they are in need
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Cajole
Def: to persuade someone to do something through flattery or coaxing
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Complacent
Def: smug self-satisfaction with one’s accomplishments
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Perfunctory
Def: carries out with minimal effort or reflection
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Cultivate
Def: to prepare or use land for crops; to acquire or develop
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Despondent
Def: feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement
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Proliferation
Def: the rapid and often excessive spread or increase
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Prevaricate
Def: to speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate
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Promiscuous
Def: characterizes by and involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having to do with sexual relations
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Soporific
Def: tending to induce frostiness or sleep; a drug that induced sleep (noun)
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Levity
Def: humor or frivolity, especially treatment of a serious situation with humor
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Eloquent
Def: fluent or persuasive in speaking or writing
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Gratuitous
Def: uncalled for; lacking good reason; unwarranted
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Facile
Def: superficial; appearing neat and comprehensive, but only by ignoring the true complexity of the issue
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Concatenate
Def: to link together in a chain or series
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Effrontery
Def: insolent or impertinent behavior
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Impertinence
Def: lack of respect; rude
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Spurious
Def: fake; not being what it purports to be
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Perfunctory
Def: carried out with minimal effort
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Exonerate
Def: absolve someone of blame or fault for wrongdoing
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Corollary
Def: a proposition that follows from one already proved
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Approbation
Def: approval or praise
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Pervasive
Def: spreading widely through an area or group of people
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Pensive
Def: engaged in, or involving, deep or serious thought
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Chronic
Def: persisting for a long time or constantly recurring
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Flagrant
Def: conspicuously, or obviously offensive
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Tangential
Def: diverging from a previous course; peripheral; hardly touching a matter
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Co-opt
Def: divert to or use for a role different from the usual or original one
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Self-righteous
Def: having or characterized by a certainty, especially an unfounded one, that one is totally correct or morally superior
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Facile
Def: affable, agreeable, easily influenced
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Panoply
Def: a complete or impressive collection of things
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Morose
Def: bad tempered, sulky, gloomy
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Salacious
Def: having or conveying undue or inappropriate interest in sexual matters
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Arrogate
Def: to take or claim without justification
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Pedantic
Def: overly concerned with minor details; or emphasizing one’s own expertise in a narrow or unimportant subject matter.
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Didactic
Def: intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction or ulterior motive
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Dialectic
Def: of, relating to, or of the nature of logical argumentation; logical argumentation
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Demur
Def: to show reluctance; reserved, modest, shy
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Relegate
Def: consign or dismiss to an inferior rank or position
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Exposition
Def: to expound on a topic or explain something
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Ersatz
Def: not real or genuine; made or used as a substitute
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Recalcitrant
Def: a person with an obstinately uncooperative attitude; uncooperative
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Ethereal
Def: extremely light or delicate that seems to perfect for this world
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Efficacy
Def: ability to produce a desired or intended result
