Test #2 Prep Flashcards by Kathleen Gao

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perspicuous

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clearly expressed and easily understood

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panegyric

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eulogistic and pompous oration or writing

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vicarious

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experiencing through a substitute

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prevaricate

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evade or pervert the truth

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avant-garde

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favoring new and unusual ideas; trailblazing

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mendacious

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tending to deceive

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wistful

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feeling a timid desire

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invocation

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formula for conjuring

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evocation

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imaginative recollection of part memories

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avocation

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hobby

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redolent

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fragrant; reminiscent

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insolent

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rude and disrespectful behavior

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indolent

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lazy

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precipitous

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steep

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precipitate

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rash

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titular

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holding a formal position only by title; lacking real authority

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polymath

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person of wide-ranging knowledge

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inimitable

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unparalleled; too good to copy

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inimical

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tending to obstruct or harm; hostile

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intimation

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insinuation

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poltroon

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coward

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lampoon

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publicly criticize using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

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poetic

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lofty

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prosaic

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boring and unimaginative

importunate

troublesomely urgent

importune

beg persistently

implicate

accuse someone of a crime; insinuate

unpalatable

not pleasant to taste or tolerate

implacable

unable to be placated

expurgate

cleanse unwanted passages from writing

expunge

wipe out

ponderous

weighty

imponderable

cannot be thought with exactness

oxymoron

self-contradictory concept used only for rhetorical purposes

paradox

self-contradictory concept that is used in human condition

attenuate

reduce to force, effect, or value of

extenuate

make seem less serious or more forgivable

unnerve

make someone very nervous

denude

to take away the covering of

provident

indicative of timely preparation for the future

prodigal

reckless with money

peripatetic

traveling from place to place for work; nomadic

expedient

practical although possibly improper or immoral

inane

lacking sense or meaning; silly

inapt

absurdly inappropriate or incompetent

inept

clumsy; having no skill