Unknown Flashcards

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Unfathomable

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Incapable of being understood

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Compelling

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Evoking interest, attention, refuted

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Foolhardy

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Recklessly bold or harsh

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Dogma

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Set of rules laid down by an authority

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Congealed

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Semi solid

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Diminutive

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Extremely small

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Emollient

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Soothing substance

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Perfunctory

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Done hastly without any attention to detail

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Scarilege

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Improper treatment of something sacred

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Progeny

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Followers/ descendants / offspring

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Elegy

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Sorrowful poem

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Paroxysm

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Sudden uncontrollable spasm

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Idiosyncrasy

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Mannerism

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Proliferate

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Multiply/ reproduce

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Resilient

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Able to withstay

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Effluvium

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Bad smelling

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Polyglot

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Knows lots of languages

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Erroneous

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Contains error/ mistake

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Unctuous

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  1. Oily
  2. Flattery
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Capricious

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Impulsive

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Acrid

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Harsh, bitter, sharp (can think of acid)

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Chimera

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Imaginary / unrealistic

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Dogged

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Stubborn/persistent

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Paean

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Enthusiastic praise

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Exigent

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Demanding/ pressing

Pipe burst is an Exigent problem

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Benediction

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Formal blessings

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Imperious

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Commanding, domineering

Impere-empire

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Teem

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Full of

Pond is teeming with fish

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Pertinacious a

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Persistant

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Veracity

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Truthful

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Larhess

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Extreme generosity

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Limpid, lucid, pellucid

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Clear/ easy to understand

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Compendious

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Concise but thorough

Key material

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Recondite

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Lil known / Hard to understand like Shakespeare

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Chary

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Wary and cautious

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Scathing

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Harsh/ brutal attack(sca-ar leaves a mark)

Online trolling is Scathing review

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Curb

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To check or restrain

Curbing appetite

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Inundate

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Overwhelmed

Innundated with orders customers and special requests in coffee barista

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Impecunious

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Penniless, without money, very poor

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Panache

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Fancy

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Occlude

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Obstruct or block off

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Neologism

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New word or phrase

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Saturnine

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Dark N gloomy

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Profligate

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Wasteful in use of resources

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Hermetic

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Airtight

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Caustiy

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Literally sarcastic (you want to burn them)

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Munificence

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Lavish generosity

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Felicity

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1.Intense happiness
2. ABILITY to express clearly

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Animus

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  1. Enemy
  2. Motivation ro do something
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Dour

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Gloomy sad

Sounds like sour like a gloomy person

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Axiom

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Something that universally is true

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Polemical

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Controversial (sounds like political)

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Rebuff

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To reject or repel

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Apposite

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Appropriate or relevant

Opposite of opposite

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Ersatz

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Imitation or substitute (spoof/fake)

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Histrionic

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Melodramatic

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Pyrrhic

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Victory but at a great cause so it’s not worth it

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Inchoate

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Not fully formed

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Mawkish

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Sickenly sentimental

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Digress

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To deviate from a point

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Antediluvian

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Extremely old

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Impetuous

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Impulsive

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Countenance

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Appearance or facial expression