Test 3 Flashcards
(98 cards)
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Abashed
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ashamed or sorry
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Allusion
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indirect reference
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Ambivalent
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undecided; unclear
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Analogy
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comparison
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Anecdote
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short account/story
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Annihilated
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wiped out
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Anomalies
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oddities; things that don’t fit the pattern
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Antipodes
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places on opposite sides of the globe
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Apprehension
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worry; nervousness
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Arduous
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hard and difficult
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Articulate
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(adj.) able to express something well in words
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Assuage
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to make less
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Auspicious
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fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome
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Avuncular
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acting like an uncle; kindly
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Axiom
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something that is taken to be true; basic idea that can’t be questioned
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Banal
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dull; unoriginal
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Bellicose
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aggressive
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Benign
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kindly
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Bereft of
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without; deprived of
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Bifurcation
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division into two
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Blatantly
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obviously
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Cacophonous
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very noisy; unpleasant sounding
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Cantankerous
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irritable and difficult to please
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Captivating
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fascinating
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Chided
scolded
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Clairvoyant
able to see into the future/another dimension
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Coddled
over-protected; kept warm
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Comely
attractive
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Complacent
smug; over-confident
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Conducive to
suitable for; leading to
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Convivial
sociable and friendly
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Cornucopia
literally a horn filled with fruits etc; symbol of plenty
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Cosmopolitan
composed of varied nationalities
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Counterfeiter
faker; someone who makes fake money, for example
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Decipher
decode; work out meaning
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Deferential
showing respect
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Deterrent
something that puts one off; a preventive
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Dichotomies
divisions into two parts
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Diffident
shy; hesitant
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Digression
going off the point
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Discriminating
1. able to make fine distinctions between; having good taste, 2. favoring one side/group and acting against another
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Docile
placid; easily lead
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Elite
the upper levels in a society; the privileged ones
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Equitable
fair and equal
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Equivocal
ambiguous; something that can be interpreted in more than one way
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Exhilarating
exciting
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Fathom
1. (v) work out; understand, 2. (n) measure of depth
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Fervent
passionate
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Filial
concerned with the relationship between child and parent
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Foreboding
sense of doom
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Funerary
concerned with funerals
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Galvanized
1. stirred into action; stimulated, 2. coated with zinc
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Grandiose
exaggerated; too great; on a grand scale
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Haughty
arrogant
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Hilarious
very funny
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Hyperbole
over-exaggeration
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Impetuous
impulsive
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Indecipherable
cannot be decoded; cannot be worked out
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Irresolute
lacking firmness; inability to decide or commit
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Levity
lack of seriousness; humor
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Loquacious
talkative
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Mediocre
average
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Mellifluous
pleasant-sounding
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Metaphor
figurative speech; using implied comparisons
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Miscreants
wrong-doers
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Mitigated
made less severe
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Naive
unsophisticated; simple and inexperienced
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Nonchalant
assuming an appearance of not caring; indifferent
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Obliterated
wiped out
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Ousted
pushed out of a position
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Pacifists
people who oppose war
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Panacea
remedy for all ills
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Paradoxically
counter to what one would think; contradictory
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Personification
1. attributing human qualities to something non-human, 2. acting as an example of
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Perusal
careful reading
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Placid
calm and peaceful
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Presumptuous
assuming too much; arrogant
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Profiteer
someone who seeks to make unjustified profits
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Propagandist
someone who spreads ideas
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Proximity
closeness
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Qualification
something added to modify an opinion
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Reconcile
bring disputing sides together; overcome bad feeling
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Respite
break from work etc.
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Reticent
shy; unwilling to reveal information
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Reverential
showing respect
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Revisionists
people who revise; anti-revolutionaries
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Sanctimonious
hypocritically holy; making a pretense of religious feeling
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Stoic
brave; able to tolerate whatever life throws at you
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Symbiotic
mutually advantageous; close relationship
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Syncopated
with strongly accented rhythm
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Tacit
unspoken; understood even thought not expressed in words
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Taunted
teased; mocked
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Temperate
mild; moderate
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Understatement
making something seem less important than it is
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Unqualified
without hesitation; complete and total
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Unrelenting
never giving up; non-stop
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Unwarranted
unjustified
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Watershed
1. area between two river basins, 2. turning point
