More Words Flashcards
(129 cards)
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Bewilder
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confused; perplexed
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Uncoordinated
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badly organized
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Exorbitant
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priced or charged unreasonably high
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Flounder
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struggle or stagger helplessly
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Fathom
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understand, comprehend
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Enigmatic
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difficult to understand or abstruse; mysterious
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Cacophony
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harsh noise
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Sinecure
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easy job
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Acrimony
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bitterness; ill feeling
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Impugn
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dispute, challenge, object
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Capitulate
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surrender
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Apogee
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highest point
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Impasse
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deadlock - situation in which no progress is possible
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Regress
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Return to a former state
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Facetious
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joking, flippant, treating serious issues with inappropriate humor
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Precarious
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dangerous, unsafe
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Gainsaid
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deny or contradict
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Elusive
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difficult to find, catch or achieve (indefinable)
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Ornate
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elaborate, decorate
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Ostentatious
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Ornate, showy, excessive
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Dilapidated
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run down or plain
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Impassioned
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emotional, heartfelt
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Duress
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threats, violence, intimidation
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Ebullience
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high spirits, exuberance, cheerful
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Volatile
instable, changing
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Candid
honest
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Naive
lack of experience
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Altruistic
unselfish
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Baneful
harmful
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Benevolent
kind, kindhearted
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Articulate
speak clearly
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Eloquent
moving and persuasive
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Vociferous
blatant, offensive
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Lethargic
slow, tired, sluggish
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Atrocious
brutal, barbaric
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Vigorous
strong, full of energy
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Morose
bad-tempered, gloomy
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Abashed
embarrassed
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Dolorous
expressing great distress or sorrow (sadness)
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Nonplussed
surprised, stunned, dumbfounded
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Candor
open, honest
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Apprehensive
anxious but not tired
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Discern
perceive, make out, detect
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Histrionic
overly theatrical
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Inimical
harmful, injurious
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Abstruse
difficult to understand
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Prosaic
ordinary
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Robust
strong
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Scanty
small amount
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Gregarious
outgoing, sociable
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Congenial
hospitable, friendly
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Brusque
blunt
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Scurrilous
defamatory, scandalous
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Reticent
reserved, shy
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Arcane
not easily understood, enigmatic, abstruse, mysterious
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Unwelcoming
sense of unpleasantness
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Harmonious
tuneful
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Pan
criticize
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Lauding
praise, applaud
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Deriding
a strong negative reaction (ridicule)
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Infallibility
inability to be wrong
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Appalled
displease
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Hindered
obstruct
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Chagrin
embarrassed but not angry
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Resentment
bitterness
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Befuddlement
unable to think clearly
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Bemusement
Bewilder, puzzled
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Irate
angry, furious
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Relativism
philosophy that says truth is subjective (personal)
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Nepotism
favoritism, favoring family over others
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Malfeasance
wrong doing
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Sardonic
sarcasm
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Supercilious
conceited (proud of oneself), superior
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Fatuous
stupid, idiotic
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Ribald
referring to sexual matters in an amusingly rude way
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Cultivated
cultured, well educated
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Patronized
condescendingly, look down on
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Snubbed
repulse, cold-shoulder
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Ingenuous
innocence
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Imprudent
unwise
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Apocryphal
fictitious, made up
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Ignominious
shameful
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Obscurity
insignificant
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Mystique
Charisma, glamour
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Acridity
sharp taste or smell
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Trenchancy
sharp analysis or remark
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Acumen
mental sharpness
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Laconic
using few words
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Mellifluous
sweet or pleasing (speech)
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Euphonic
sweet or pleasing (speech)
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Shook
stunned, surprised
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Erratic
wandering and unpredictable
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Circuitous
roundabout
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Extirpate
weed out
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recondite
obscure, little known
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barrenness
lack of something
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bedlam
uproar
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gaudiness
lack of taste
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detritus
waste or debris
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refuse
waste
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scathing
devastating
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punctilious
meticulous (great attention to detail)
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waggish
lighthearted, mischievous
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Mien
appearance, look, demeanor
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repudiation
rejection
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vindicated
clear someone of blame/suspicion
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convalescing
recuperate, feeling better
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unprecedented
unheard of
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Potential
possible, likely
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Pungent
sharp and irritating to the senses
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Reminiscent
similar to, evocative of, tending to remind someone of something
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Salubrious
healthy, not "run down"
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Truculent
defiant
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Panegyrical
a public speech
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disquieted
unease, alarmed
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Phlegmatic
calm, cool
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Preposterous
absurd, ridiculous
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plausible
credible, reasonable, believable
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feasible
practical, easy to do
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improbable
unlikely
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timorous
extremely cautious or shy
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vacillating
wavering, move unsteadily from side to side
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deplored
feel strong disproval
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catholic
lower case meaning - diverse or widespread
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eclectic
selecting from or made up of a variety of sources
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dilettantish
implies amateurishness
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encroachment
trespass on, intrusion on, stepping on someone's property
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eschewed
avoid or shun (forwent)
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deprecated
disapprove of
