Untitled Deck Flashcards
(150 cards)
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Abject
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extremely bad and degrading
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Affect
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influence someone or something
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Antecedent
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something that existed before
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Atrophy
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waste away or gradually decline
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Bravado
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bold manner meant to impress
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Clout
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influence, sway, or power
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Convoluted
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extremely complex and difficult
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Demagogue
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leader appealing to popular desires
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Divulge
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make information known
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Eminent
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famous and respected
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Euphony
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sound that is pleasing to hear
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Filament
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slender threadlike object or fiber
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Gratuitous
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uncalled for or unwarranted
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Idiosyncrasy
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peculiar behavior or way of thinking
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Inception
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starting point of something
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Innocuous
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not harmful or offensive
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Jeer
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make rude or mocking remarks
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Lout
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man or boy greatly lacking in manners
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Miser
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one who hoards wealth
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Obscene
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offensive or disgusting
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Pejorative
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uncomplimentary or belittling
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Pithy
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using few, but clever words
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Prodigal
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wastefully extravagant
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Quell
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put an end to, usually by force
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Repudiate
disown or refuse to accept
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Savory
salty, spicy, or morally acceptable
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Sterling
excellent or valuable in quality
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Swagger
confident and arrogant walk
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Truant
one who skips school
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Vibrant
full of energy and enthusiasm
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Abrasive
harsh and biting in manner
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Affinity
natural liking of something
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Antediluvian
out of date or very old‐fashioned
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Attest
certify or serve as clear evidence of
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Brazen
bold and without shame
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Cloying
disgustingly sweet or sentimental
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Copious
abundant in quantity or supply
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Demoralize
cause to lose hope or confidence
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Docile
submissive and easily controlled
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Emigrate
move from one’s country to another
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Evanescent
quickly fading or disappearing
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Finicky
very picky about one’s needs
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Gregarious
very sociable or fond of company
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Idolize
worship greatly or excessively
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Inchoate
just begun and not fully formed
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Innovate
make change with new ideas
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Jingoism
extreme patriotism (negative)
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Lucrative
producing a great deal of profit
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Misnomer
inaccurate name or designation
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Obscure
not discovered or known about
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Pariah
an outcast from society
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Pittance
very or too small amount of money
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Prodigious
remarkably great in size or degree
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Querulous
complaining in a whining manner
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Repulsive
arousing intense distaste or disgust
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Savvy
shrewd and knowledgeable
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Scurrilous
slanderous and grossly abusive
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Sycophant
one who flatters to gain an advantage
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Truce
temporary stop to hostilities
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Vicarious
experienced secondhand
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Abridge
shorten something but keep its spirit
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Affirm
state something as a fact
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Antiquity
the ancient past or great age
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Audacious
incredibly bold or disrespectful
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Brevity
concise and exact use of words
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Coalesce
come together and form one mass
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Cordial
warm, comforting, and friendly
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Denigrate
criticize or attack unfairly
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Dogmatic
uncompromising on principles
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Emollient
soothing and calming
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Eviscerate
disembowel or deprive of strength
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Flagellate
flog or whip something
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Grotesque
comically or repulsively ugly
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Idyllic
extremely happy or peaceful
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Incise
to cut or carve into a surface
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Inordinate
unusually large or excessive
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Jocular
humorous, playful, or fond of joking
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Ludicrous
foolish to the point of being laughable
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Mitigate
make less serious, severe, or painful
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Obsequious
excessively obedient
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Parody
a comically mocking imitation
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Placate
make less angry or hostile
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Profane
treat with great disrespect
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Query
a question asked to someone
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Reputable
having a good reputation
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Scant
barely sufficient or adequate
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Stimulate
encourage action or development
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Synthetic
manmade, or not genuine or sincere
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Truism
statement that is obviously true
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Vie
eagerly compete to achieve something
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Abscond
leave in secret to avoid detection
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Affluent
having a great deal of wealth
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Antithesis
a thing in direct contrast to another
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Augment
add to something to make it greater
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Brunt
the worst or chief part of something
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Coax
persuade or flatter something to act
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Corpulent
being fat or overweight
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Decry
publically criticize or denounce
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Denounce
publically declare to be wrong or evil
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Doleful
mournful or expressing sorrow
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Empirical
based on evidence or observation
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Exacerbate
make something worse
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Flagrant
obviously offensive or shameless
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Ignoble
not honorable in any way
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Incisive
sharp‐witted and clear‐thinking
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Insidious
treacherous and subtly harmful
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Jollity
lively and cheerful activity
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Lugubrious
looking or sounding sad
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Obsolete
out of date or no longer made
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Parsimonious
unwilling to spend money
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Placid
not easily upset or excited
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Prim
stiffly formal and respectable
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Proffer
offer something to be accepted
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Quiescent
inactive or dormant
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Requital
something given in return/retaliation
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Scathing
severely critical or devastating
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Stoic
not showing feeling or emotion
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Tacit
understood without being said
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Truncate
shorten by cutting top or end off
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Vigilant
watchful, attentive, and observant
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Abstemious
showing self‐restraint
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Affront
action that causes offense or outrage
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Apathy
lack of enthusiasm or concern
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Auspicious
conducive to success
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Brusque
abrupt or blunt in manner
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Cobble
roughly assemble something
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Corroborate
confirm or give support
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Deplete
exhaust the supply of something
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Douse
extinguish or saturate
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Emulate
imitate or surpass something
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Exalt
hold in very high regard
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Fleeting
lasting a very short time
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Guile
sly or cunning intelligence
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Ignominious
humiliating or embarrassing
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Incite
encourage or stir up action
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Insinuate
suggest or hint at something bad
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Judicious
showing good judgment
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Luminous
full of light, or bright or shining
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Mollify
appease someone’s anger or anxiety
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Obstinate
stubborn and unyielding
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Partisan
prejudiced in favor of something
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Plagiarize
steal and pass off a thing as your own
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Profound
very great or intense
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Quintessential
being the perfect example of a thing
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Rescind
revoke, cancel, or repeal
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Scion
descendant of a notable family
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Stolid
calm, dependable, and unemotional
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Taciturn
reserved or uncommunicative
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Tumultuous
loud, confused, and disorderly
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Vignette
brief evocative story or account
