Units 6-10 Flashcards by Kathleen Gao

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candor

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frankness; open honesty

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calculated

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deliberately planned

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capricious

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unpredictable; fickle

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censure

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blame; criticize

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charlatan

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a quack; pretender to knowledge

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coalesce

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combine; fuse

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colloquial

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pertaining to conversational or common speech

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compile

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gather; assemble

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complacency

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smug self-satisfaction

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compliance

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conformity; readiness to yield

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composure

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mental calmness

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comprehensive

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thorough; inclusive

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concede

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admit; yield

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conciliatory

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overcoming hostility or distrust

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concise

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brief and compact

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conflagration

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great fire

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confound

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confuse; puzzle

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contend

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assert earnestly

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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conviction

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strongly held belief; judgement that someone is guilty of a crime

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cordial

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Gracious; heartfelt

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corrode

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destroy by chemical action; deteriorate

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criterion

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standard used in judging

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cryptic

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mysterious

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culpable

deserving blame

cursory

done with haste and little attention to detail

debilitate

weaken; enfeeble

decorum

orderliness and good taste in manners

degradation

humiliation

deplore

regret; disapprove of

depravity

extreme corruption; wickedness

deprecate

express disapproval of; belittle

deride

ridicule; make fun of

derivative

originated from another source

deterrent

something that discourages

digression

wandering away from the subject

diligence

persistent hard work

disclose

Reveal

discount

dismiss; disregard

discriminating

able to see differences

disdain

scorn

disinclination

reluctance

dismiss

put away from consideration; reject

disperse

scatter

disputatious

argumentative

dissent

disagree

divergent

going in different directions from the same point

document

provide written evidence

dogmatic

opinionated; arbitrary

duplicity

deliberate deceptiveness

eclectic

composed of elements drawn from diverse sources

egotism

excessive self-importance

elated

overjoyed

elegy

poem or song expressing grief

elusive

evading capture; hard to grasp

embellish

ornament; add fictitious detail

emulate

Imitate; strive to equal or excel

endorse

support

enmity

animosity

ephemeral

short-lived; fleeting