Random Deck 2 Flashcards

(53 cards)

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Abstinent

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Voluntarily not doing something

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Abstract

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theoretical, impersonal

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Abstruse

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hard to understand

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Abysmal

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extremely hopeless

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Accolade

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an award

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Accost

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to approach and speak to someone

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Acerbic

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bitter, sour

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Acquiesce

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to comply passively, to accept

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Acrid

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harsh, like acid

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Acrimonious

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full of spite, bitter

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Acumen

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keenness of judgement, mental sharpness

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Belligerent

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combative, waging war

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Bemused

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confused

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Benefactor

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one who provides help especially in form of a gift or donation

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Benevolent

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generous, doing good deeds

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Benign

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not harmful, kind

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Categorical

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unconditional, absolute

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Catharsis

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purification that provide emotional relief

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19
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Catholic

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universal

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Caustic

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acid, corrosive

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Celibacy

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abstinence (restraining oneself) from sex

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Censure

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to condemn severely for doing something bad

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Cerebral

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brainy, intellectually refined

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Chagrin

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Charisma
magical-seeming ability to attract followers or inspire loyalty
26
Deference
submission to another's will, respect
27
Definitive
conclusive
28
Degenrate
to break down
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Deleterious
harmful
30
Delineate
to describe accurately
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Delude
to decieve
32
Deluge
flood, inundation
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Demagogue
a leader of the people, but more like rabble rouser
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Denizen
inhabitant
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Depravity
extreme wickedness or corruption
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Deprecate
to express disapproval of
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Deride
to ridicule, to laugh at contemptuously(nicha dikhana)
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Elicit
to bring out, to call forth
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Elliptical
oval, word for word
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Elusive
hard to pin down, evasive
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Emigrate
to move to new country
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Eminent
well known and respected
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Empirical
relying on experience or observation
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Forbear
to retain from, to abstain
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Forgo
to do without; to forbear
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Forsake
to abandon, to renounce
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Fortuitnous
accidental, occurring by chance
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Founder
to fail, to sink
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Fraternal
like brothers
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Frenetic
fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way, frantic, frenzied
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Frugal
to spend wisely
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Furtive
secretive
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Futile
useless, hopeless