Test Words 7 Flashcards

(50 cards)

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Inducement

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Something that persuades

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Vaunted

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Excessive praise and boasting

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Moribund

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Death

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Posturing

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Behaviour that is intended to impress or mislead

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Munificience

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Extreme generosity

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Temerity

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Lack of caution, self confident

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Austere

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Simple, severe & strict in manner and attitude

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Celeritous

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Swift

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Indelible

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Making marks that cannot be removed

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Fecklessness

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Idleness

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Curmudgeonly

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Grouchiness

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Avuncular

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Pleasantness

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Inured

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Ignores or gets desensitized to

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Meted

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Dispense or allot justice, a punishment or harsh treatment

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Perspicacious

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Having a ready understanding or insight into something

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Rapiers

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A thin light sharp pointed sword for thrust. (Fencing sword)

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Pillory

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Attack or ridicule someone publicly , Harshly criticized

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Derring-do

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Boldness or bold action

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Balked

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Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking

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Holding forth

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talking lengthily, assertively or tediously about a subject

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Esoteric

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Intended for or likely to be understood by a small group of people

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Adulation

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Excessive admiration or praise

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Self-aggrandizing

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Promoting oneself as powerful and important

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Libertine

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One who leads an immoral life

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Rabble
An disorderly crowd
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Decrepit
Worn out or ruined because of age and neglect
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Wherewithal
money or other means needed for a particular purpose
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Aloofness
Standing apart
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Semblance
The outward appearance or apparent form or something.
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Prerogative
A right or previlage exclusive to a particular individual or class
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Solicitude
Care or concern for someone or something
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Counterminings
To frustrate by countermeasures
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Redress
Remedy or set right
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Untenable
Indefensible
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Dysphoric
Unhappy, dissatisfied
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Ebullient
Cheerful and full of energy
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Despondent
Loss of hope and courage
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Benightedness
ignorant or unenlightened
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Wayward
Following harmful impulses
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Veritable
Unquestionable
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Wily
Cunning & clever in a tricky way
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Uncanny
remarkable in an erie way
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Undiscerning
Not good at noticing stuff
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Artless
Guileless, without deceit
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Contextualizing
Place or study in context
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Prosody
The pattern of rhythm and sound in poetry
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Arrant
Complete, Utter
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Lickspittle
Sycophant
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Demurely
In a quiet well behaved way
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Self-effacingly
Not claiming attention; retiring and modest