Test 8 Flashcards
(59 cards)
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Alacrity
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speed and eagerness
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Amiable
A
friendly; lovable
3
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Apathetic
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lacking energy or interest
4
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Bypasses
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avoids; finds a way around
5
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Capricious
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whimsical; changeable
6
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Censures
A
blames
7
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Conciliatory
A
seeking compromise
8
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Convergence
A
coming together
9
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Cumulative
A
building up
10
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Deferment
A
putting off
11
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Deliberation
A
careful thought
12
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Delineates
A
outlines
13
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Derelict
A
rundown; abandoned
14
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Discrepancy
A
inconsistency
15
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Embittered
A
full of bitter feelings
16
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Encroaching
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trespassing
17
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Eradicate
A
wipe out
18
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Exacerbates
A
makes worse
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Exasperation
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frustration and annoyance
20
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Exorbitant
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excessive
21
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Flabbergasted
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shocked; speechless
22
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Foil for
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person that shows another to advantage
23
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Frugal
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economical
24
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Glacial
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icy; unfriendly
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Grimy
dirty
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Inconsequential
unimportant
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Indiscernible
not easy to see
28
Infusion
influx
29
Integrity
honesty
30
Jaded
tired; bored
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Juxtaposition
placing two thing nest to each other
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Lithe
flexible
33
Miffed
annoyed
34
Mitigator
moderator
35
Modicum
tiny amount
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Negate
wipe out
37
Nondescript
having no special qualities; ordinary
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Penurious
miserly
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Phlegmatic
calm; imperturbable
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Razing
cutting down
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Recrimination
blame
42
Reprieve
let off (at least temporarily)
43
Rousing
stirring
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Salvageable
can be saved
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Scouring
cleaning thoroughly; thorough searching
46
Secluded
lonely; isolated
47
Solace
comfort
48
Squelch
suppress; crush
49
Stifling
suppressing
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Surfeit
excess
51
Tangential
off the point; irrelevant
52
Temper
moderate
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Tremulous
hesitant
54
Unyielding
not giving up
55
Vigilant
wary; watchful
56
Waning
declining
57
Warped
twisted; distorted
58
Wary
cautious
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Wrath
anger
