SC And CR 40 Vocab Flashcards
(39 cards)
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Antithesis
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Oppose, contrast
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Epitome
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Best possible example
3
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Obscure
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Not clear, vague ambiguous
4
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Refute
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To prove wrong
5
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Compromise
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To accept something slightly different from what one wants
6
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Concede
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To admit
7
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Succumb
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Yield, give way
8
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Fastidious
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Demanding
9
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Pragmatic
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Practical
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Phlegmatic
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Composed
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Caustic
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Severely sarcastic
12
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Fallacious
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Misleading
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Acrid
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Sharp, bitter, stinging
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Insipid
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Not interesting, dull
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Magnanimous
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To be kind and generous
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Affable
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Friendly, easy to approach
17
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Innocuous
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Harmless
18
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Ebullient
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Full of excitement
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Frivolous
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Carefree, not serious
20
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Saga
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Long story
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Reverie
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A daydream
22
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Soliloquy
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Talking to oneself
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Utopian
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Imaginary situation where everyone in society is perfect
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Satire
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Criticizing humor
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Efface
Erase
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Quarantine
Strict isolation to avoid spread of disease
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Salvage
To save
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Mundane
Original
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Palpable
Capable of touching
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Dichotomy
Two contradictory groups
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Garbled
Confuse unintentionally
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Quandary
Uncertainty
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Lax
Careless
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Liaison
Cooperative exchange of information
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Respite
Delay , relieve temporarily
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Arduous
Laborious
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Zenith
Highest point
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Paradigm
Model for how something will be produced
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Rebuttal
To attack as untrue and give a reason for why
