Part 3 Flashcards

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Condone

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To forgive or approve

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Placate

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make less angry

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3
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Implacable

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Harsh, rent less

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4
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Placid

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Calm, easy going

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5
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Complacent

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Self Satisfied

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6
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Taciturn

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Unwilling to engage in conversation

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7
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Taceo

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to be silent

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8
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Tacit

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Unspoken, unsaid, non-verbalize

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9
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Reticent

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Not revealing one’s thoughts or feelings readily

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10
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Laconic

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Saying less but meaning much

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11
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Inarticulate

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unable to express one’s idea or feelings clearly or easily

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12
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Incoherent

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not convincing

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13
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Articulus

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to joint

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14
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Garrulous

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Talkative

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15
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Loquacious

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tending to talk a great deal, talkative

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16
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Loquor

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To speak

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17
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Soliloquy

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A speech of oneself, talking to yourself

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Ventriloquist

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seems that sound is coming from some source other than the person speaking

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19
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Colloquial

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Not formal or literary

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20
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Circumlocution

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talking around, expressing idea in a roundabout or indirect manner

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21
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Eloquent

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Fluent Speaker

22
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Magniloquent

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Use of high form, even pompous

23
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Pompous

24
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Magnanimous

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great minded, having great heart

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Magnate
A person of great power
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Magnum
A large bottle of wine, champagne
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Magnumopus
The greatest work
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Opus
work
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Dorsum
Back
30
Endorse
to back someone
31
Dorsal
Back side
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Verbose
talking and talking using more words than necessary
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Verbatim
Word for Word, copying word to word
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Verbiage
Excessively lengthy or technical speech
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Voluble
Rapid and Fluent talker
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Volvo/Volutus
to role
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Cogent
Clear, logical
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Vociferous
to much noisy and forceful
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Vehement
Intense, passionate
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Somniferous
sleep inducing
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insomnia
unable to sleep
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Somnolent
Sleepy, Drowsy
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Somnilocuant
talking in sleep
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Somnambulism
Sleep walking
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Soporific
Tending to induce drowsiness
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Banal
unoriginal
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Berate
To criticizing or scolding severely
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Zephyr
a breeze
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Abrogate
to cancel, revoke
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Punitive
strict, severe
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Plebiscite
opinion pole
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Recuperate
Recovered