Top 66 Flashcards

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Adept

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Very skilled, able, proficient

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Advocate

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One who acts I support or defense of a person or cause

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Aesthetic

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Pertaining to what is considered beautiful or tasteful

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Anachronism

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Someone or something out of its correct chronological or historical order

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Anecdote

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A short account or story of something interesting if humorous

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Apprehensive

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  • Uneasy, anxious, or fearful about the future

- Quick to understand or learn

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Arrogance

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  • Overbearing pride

- On offensive display of self-importance or superiority

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Boorish

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  • crude, coarse, oafish, insensitive

- Resembling or characteristic of a boor

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Brevity

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The quality of being brief in time or duration

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Cathartic

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Emotionally purging

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Censure

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  • To expressing disapproval a strong or visioning session

- to criticize

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Cite

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To quote as an example

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Commendable

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Worthy of great praise or approval

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Conciliatory

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  • Attempting to regain goodwill through pleasantness
  • Overcoming hostility
  • Accommodating, appeasing
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Consensus

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  • Majority of opinion in a group

- general agreement

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Consummate

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  • Complete or perfect in every respect

- supremely skilled

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Cursory

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Performed hastily and without attention to detail

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Defiant

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  • Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

- challenging

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Depict

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To represent or characterize in words, pictures, or sculpture

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Deride

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To ridicule

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Disparage

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  • To speak of with disrespect

- to belittle

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Disparity

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  • difference

- lack of equality or similarity

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Eclectic

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Wide variety of sources

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Elaborate

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Planned or executed with great care and attention

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Eloquent
Characterized by clear, powerful, and persuasive speech
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Elucidate
- To make lucid or clear | - To explain
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Embody
To represent in bodily, material, or tangible form
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Equitable
- Characterized by fairness and impartiality | - just or reasonable
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Erratic
- lacking consistency or regularity
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Ethical
Adhering to moral principles
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Exemplary
Excellent
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Felicitous
- Appropriate | - Marked by good fortune
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Florid
- reddish or rosy | - excessively ornate or flowery
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Foster
- To promote the growth or development of | - Cultivate, nurture
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Holistic
Emphasizing the importance of the whole and interdependence of parts, as opposed to separation into parts
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Idiosyncrasy
- A habit that Is peculiar to an individual
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Ineffable
Inexpressible
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Intemperate
- Given to or characterized by excessive indulgence | - Not moderate or restrained
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Irreverent
- Showing a lack of due respect
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Lament
To feel or express grief or regret; to mourn for
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Laudatory
Containing or expressing praise
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Lucid
Clear, rational, sane, easily understood
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Magnanimous
- Unselfish - Free of resentment or vindictiveness - Generous in forgiving
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Mock
To ridicule, imitate or mimic
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Mundane
Common or ordinary
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Naive
Unaffected, unsophisticated, inexperienced Having on unaffected style
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Nefarious
Wicked, infamous, villanious
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Nostalgia
A longing for a former place or time
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Novel
New Different
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Obstinate
Stubborn, inflexible
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Partisan
Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group or cause
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Pessimistic
Gloomy Having a negative outlook
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Pragmatic
Practical Dealing with actual facts or occurrences
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Prosaic
Commonplace, dull
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Quell
To suppress To put an end to
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Refute
To prove to be false To prove a person to be in error To deny
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Rhetorical
Used for style or effect only
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Sanguine
Optimistic, hopeful or confident Reddish, bloody
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Solicitous
Overly eager Showing interest or concern
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Somber
Dark Gloomy or depressing
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Speculate
To think or reflect, to conjecture To engage in a risky business practice in the expectation of a quick or large profit
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Superfluous
Extra, more than sufficient Unnecessary or needless
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Tenacious
Persistent or stubborn Sticky or adhesive
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Venerate
To regard or treat with reverence or respect
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Vindictive
To clear of accusation or suspicion To defend, maintain, or avenge
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Zealous
Enthusiastic