Test 6 Flashcards by Jayvee Parin

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<p>Adroit</p>

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<p>skilful / skillful (Maladroit = clumsy)</p>

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<p>Agnostic</p>

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<p>unsure of the existence of god</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ameliorating</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>making better</p>

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<p>Arboreal</p>

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<p>living in trees</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ascertain</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>find out; make sure</p>

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<p>Barrage</p>

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<p>bombardment; stream (of abuse etc.)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Belabor</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>over-emphasizing</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Brevity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>briefness</p>

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<p>Cacophony</p>

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<p>noise; din</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Censured</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>blamed</p>

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<p>Circumvent</p>

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<p>avoid</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Coerced</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>forced</p>

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<p>Condoning</p>

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<p>tolerating</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Congenial</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>friendly; sociable; suitable</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Demagogues</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>mob leaders; agitators</p>

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<p>Disparaged</p>

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<p>criticized</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Docile</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>tame; subservient</p>

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<p>Eclectic</p>

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<p>taking things from different sources</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Elitist</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>favoring top group; snob</p>

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<p>Elusive</p>

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<p>difficult to pin down</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Empiric</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>found by experiment/practice</p>

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<p>Endorsed</p>

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<p>supported</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Envisioning</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>imagining, predicting</p>

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<p>Extolled</p>

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<p>praised</p>

Foster

support; encourage

Furtiveness

secretiveness

Gluttonous

greedy

Indictment

charge; legal accusation

Indigenous

native to a locality

Irreproachable

cannot be criticized. (Reproach = criticize)

Knack

trick; skill

Libelous

open to prosecution for libel (Libel = written slander)

Naiveté

innocence; lack of worldliness

Nihilism

belief in nothing; anarchy

Paucity

shortage

Penchant

tendency; leaning toward

Perquisites

‘perks’

Phobic

fearful

Pilfer

steal

Pliant

flexible

Predilection

liking for; penchant

Presumption

assuming too much

Profundity

depth (of ideas)

Quixotic

idealistic; impractical

Reclusive

avoiding other people; solitary

Rehash

revamp hurriedly/carelessly

Repertoire

range; set of skills

Repertory

story; stock; repertoire

Reprehensible

very bad

Sarcasm

sneering, bitter remarks; ironic or taunting

Supple

flexible; pliant; lithe

Temperamental

volatile; changeable

Transitory

shot-lived

Tribulations

troubles

Unwitting

not deliberate

Venality

corruption

Vulnerable

open to attack; susceptible