Test Words 9 Flashcards by Anil Saddat

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Encomiastic

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Praise

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Obloquy

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Strong public condemnation

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Umbrage

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Offense or annoyance

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Offing

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Likely to happen or appear soon

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Slippery

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Hard to grasp

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Ramifications

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An unwanted consequence

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Flagrant

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Obviously offesive

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Corollary

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Consequence or result

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Perforce

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Out of neccessity

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Seemingly

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Apparently

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Legalese

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Technical legal language

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Categorically

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unambiguously explicit, direct, unequivocal

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Magisterially

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In a way seems to have complete authority, of importance or consequence

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Preludial

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Prelude to something

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Jaunt

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Pleasurable short journey

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Toss off

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Produce, Create

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Barbs

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Criticism

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Slight

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Insult

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Snub

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insult, ignore

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Sprawling

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Spread over a wide area

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Provocation

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Provoke, make someone angry deliberately

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Spectres

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Ghosts

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Paragon

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Someone who is the perfect example

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Frolic

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move in cheerful way

Prejudice

opinion not based on actual ecperience

Temerarious

Reckless; rash

Salient

Most important

Corporeal

With body rather than spirit

Injudicious

poor judgement;unwise

Imprudent

Rash; dont care about consequence

Topical

Relevant to current events

Qua

in capacity of; as being

Musings

A period of reflection or thought

Unmarred

not spoilt; not marred

Spate

large number of similar things in quick succession

Fusillade

A series of shot fired in quick succession

Implacable

Unable to be swayed or changed

Incorrigible

Unable to change or reform even after punishment

Inexorable

Unable to be swayed or changed

Illustrious

Well known

Foreboding

Feeling that something bad is going to happen

Prudent

Wise, not in a rash way

Politic

Judicious, sensible

Literati

Well educated, interested in literature

Credo

Statement of belief/aims which defines ones actions

Paradigm

Ways of doing things

Trepidation

anxiety, fear inducing

Opprobrium

Harsh criticism

Quixotic

Idealistic and Impractical

Lofty

Tall order, height