Test 10 Flashcards
(50 cards)
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Adroitness
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skill
2
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Altruism
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self-sacrifice
3
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Arbitration
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mediating between disputing sides
4
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Archaic
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old-fashioned
5
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Aural
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through the sense of hearing
6
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Cognitions
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mental knowledge
7
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Discernment
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judgment;
8
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Disingenuous
A
crafty
9
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Distension
A
swelling
10
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Egotists
A
selfish people
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Emancipators
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those who set others free
12
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Enigmas
A
puzzles
13
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Erudition
A
learning; scholarly knowledge
14
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Exemplars
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excellent examples of
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Exonerated
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proved not guilty
16
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Extirpation
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destruction
17
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Fawning
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groveling; ‘sucking up’ to people
18
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Finesse
A
skill
19
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Fitful
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intermittent; on and off; not continuous
20
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Gestures
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signals
21
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Hilarity
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great laughter
22
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Husbandry
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careful management of resources
23
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Ignominy
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shame
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Ineptitude
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lack of ability
25
Insipid
flavorless; bland
26
Intuitions
gut feelings
27
Invocation
prayer
28
Irony
something unexpected; use of words to convey opposite meaning
29
Lackadaisical
lazy
30
Lamentable
regrettable
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Mandate
permission
32
Manifesto
statement of values
33
Modicum
tiny amount
34
Notoriety
infamy
35
Obsequious
groveling
36
Opulence
lavish display of wealth
37
Pathos
sadness; stirring the emotions
38
Plaudits
praise
39
Prospectus
brochure
40
Raze
knock down
41
Rectitude
uprightness
42
Reprimanded
scolded
43
Rudimentary
elementary; basic
44
Sarcasm
mockery
45
Soporific
sleep-inducing
46
Stipulated
insisted
47
Tactile
through the sense of touch
48
Tenacity
firmness of purpose
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Versatility
ability to do many things
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Vicarious
experienced indirectly; at secondhand
