Test Words 13 Flashcards

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Malcontent

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A person who is dissatisfied and rebellious

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Cognoscenti

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person well informed about a particular subject

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Seminal

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Strong influence of future developments

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Impetuous

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done with haste

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Sedentary

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Non active, Seated

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Incipient

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Beginning to happen, Early stages

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Stalwart

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Loyal, reliable and hardworking

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Irrefragable

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indisputed

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Tottering

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Feeble or unsteady

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Paean

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A song of praise or triumph

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Elocution

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The skill of clear and expressive speech

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Diatribe

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forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone

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Lackadiasical

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Lacking enthusiam and determination

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Listless

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Lacking energy or enthusiasm

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Histrionic

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Excessively theatrical or dramatic in style

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Ignominous

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deserving public shame

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Mellifluous

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Pleasingly smooth and musical to hear

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Euphonic

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Having a pleasant sound

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Litany

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A repeated series

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Doctrinaire

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Impose a doctrine withou practical considerations

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Jettison

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throw or drop something from aircraft or ship

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Modish

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confirming to the current trend

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Settled

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Resolve or reach an agreement, Pay debt

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Recrudescent
Breaking out again
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Mercantilism
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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Waggish
Humorous in a playful way
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Scanty
Small quantity
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Extirpate
Eradicate or destroy completely
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Bedlam
Scene of uproar and confusion
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Refuse(noun)
Rubbish, Detritus
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Punctilious
Attention to detail, correct behavior
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Scurrilous
Report Scandolous claims to damage ones reputation
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Vagaries
Unexpected change in situation or behavior
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Picayune
little significance
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Rouse
Make angry or excited, cause to lose sleep
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Noisome
Having an offesive smell
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Abrogate
repeal, evade (repudiate)
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Parry
ward off with countermove
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Toothsome
Tasty
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Marshal
Assemble or arrange in order
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Attestation
Evidence or proof of something
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Nominal
in name only, very small
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Obviate
Remove
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Depilation
removing unwanted hair from the human body
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Prickly
ready to take offense
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Vagrant
inconstant, move from place to place
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Peternaturally
not usual or natural
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Adduce
Cite as evidence
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Surfeit
An excessive amount of something
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Trifling
very small, unimportant
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Felled
Cut down
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Beseech
Ask someone urgently to do something
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Invidious
Likely to anger
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Plangent
loud with mournful tone
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Nugatory
of no value or importance
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Senescence
detoriation with age
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Antediluvian
very old fashioned
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Pusillanimous
lack of courage or determination
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Jejune
Naive, simplistic and supeficial
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Disencumber
free from a burden
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Cowed
Submit to ones wishes by intimidation
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Turgid
congested
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Expurgate
remove unsuitable material
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Odium
hatred
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Florid
red complexion
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Physiognomy
Facial features and expression
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Concomintant
naturally accompanying
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Beseech
Ask someone to do something urgently, entreat, implore
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Quandary
Uncertainity