Set 1-4 Flashcards

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Apposite

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Suitable; well-adapted
S: relevant
A: inappropriate

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Aggregation

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Group or mass of distinct or varied things, persons, etc.
S: combined
A: individual

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Circumspect

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Watchful and discreet
S: attentive
A: careless

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Colloquy

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A conversational exchange
S: dialogue
A: silence

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Consign

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To hand over or deliver formally
S: entrest
A: keep

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Dictum

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An authoritative pronouncement
S: motto
A: nonsense

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Ductility

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Able to undergo change or form without breaking
S: mailability
A: un shapable

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Interdict

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Any prohibitory act or an authoritative mission
S: forbid
A: permit

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Introspection

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Observation or examination of ones own mental and emotional state
S: self analysis
A: oblivious

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Locus

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A place
S: location
A: no where

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Malediction

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A curse
S: imprecation
A: blessing

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Malevolent

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Harmful, wishing evil or harm to someone
S: wicked
A: friendly

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Mortician

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Undertaker

S: embalmer

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Prescribe

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To lay down in writing or otherwise as a rule or a course of action
S: to advise
A: disallow

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Proscribe

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To denounce or condemn as dangerous
S: ban
A: admit

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Allocate

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To set apart for a purpose
S: a lot
A: keep

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Benediction

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The utterance or bestowing of a blessing
S: prayer
A: malediction

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Comport

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Conduct oneself, behave
S: behave
A: misbehave

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Diffident

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Modest or shy because of a lack of self confidence
S: bashful
A: bold

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Indict

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Formally accuse of or charge with a serious crime
S: charge with
A: absolve

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Inter

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Place in a grave or tomb
S: entomb
A: exhume

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Novitiate

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The state or period of being a beginner
S: learner
A: experienced

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Perfidious

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Deliberately faithless or treacherous
S: discreetful
A: faithful

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Purport

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To present as an original
S: to claim
A: actual

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Soliloquy
The act of talking while or as if alone S: aside A: dialogue
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Specter
A ghost | S: apparition
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Temporize
To be indecisive to gain time S: procrastinate A: expedite
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Transliteration
The change into corresponding characters of another language S: adaptation
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Superannuated
Retired because of new technology S: A: modern
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Porter
A person who is hired to carry luggage | S: bellhop
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Allocution
A formal speech, especially one of an incontrovertible nature S: address A: listening
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Confraternity
A brotherhood devoted for purpose
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Convocation
A group of people gathered in answer to a summons | S: gathering
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Egregious
Extraordinary in some bad way S: extreme A: little
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Evansescent
Vanishing, fading away S: brief A: long
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Extemporaneous
Done, spoken S: automatic A: planned
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Fastidious
Hard to place S: critical A: indifferent
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Fiduciary
A person to whom property is entrusted for the benefit of another S: guardian
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Interlocutor
A person who takes part in a conversation | S: dialogist
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Interurban
Located in between cities S: civil A: rural
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Irrevocable
Not to be revoked or recalled S: certain A: alterable
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Maladroit
Unskillful S: clumsy A: able
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Manumit
To release from slavery S: free A: detain
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Repository
A place where there are deposited | S: archive
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Urbanity
Courtesy or politeness S: elegance A: rude
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Avocation
Something a person does in addition to s principal occupation S: hobby A: work
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Adumbrate
To produce a faint image or resemblance of | S: darken
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Centuple
Hundred times as great | S: a hundred fold
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Conflagration
A destructive fire usually an extensive one | S: blaze
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Dinister
To dig up S: excoriate A: Bury
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Garrulous
Excessively talkative in a rambling manner S: apoculative A: quiet
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Juxtaposition
Comparing by putting the items side by side | S: adjacent
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Matron
A woman in charge of marry-able/ domestic relations S: biddy A: patron
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Missive
A written message | S: letter
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Obsequious
Obedient S: well-behaved A: arrogant
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Perennial
Lasting for an indefinitely long time | S: enduring
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Predicate
To proclaim, declare S: declare A: denounce
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Providence
The foreseeing care and guidance of God | S: fate
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Recapitulate
To review by a brief summary S: outline A: foreshadow
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Terrier
Of or relating to the Earth | S: earthly