verbal Flashcards
(77 cards)
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litany
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to talk on and on about something
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ineptitude
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not good
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dissident
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renegade; disagree
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circumscribe
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limit
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celeritous
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fast, speedy
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remiss
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negligent in duty
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perfunctory
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routinely; going through the motions
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myopic
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lack of imagination
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austerity
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self-denial
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boorishness
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unmannered person
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dithering
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uncertainty
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obstinacy
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stubborn
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glean
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collect information, bit by bit
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debonair
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sophisticated charm
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facile
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lacking depth
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erudite
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extreme knowledge
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histronic
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overly theatrical
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outlandish
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bizzare, weird
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obsequious
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excessive praise
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confounding
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go against
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coda
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comes at the end of a music piece (or book)
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inducement
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get someone to do something; bring change
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truculent
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fierce, fight
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embellish
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make more attractive/intricate
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peripathetic
travel on foot
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penurious
having no money
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hobbled
held back
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hamstrung
held back, hindered
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pantheon
the great, the best
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posterity
future; future generations
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sublimated
turn into socially acceptable
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nadir
lowest point
33
mired
entangled; stuck together
34
fashioned
develop; create
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subvert
change, twist the truth
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latitude
degree or measure of freedom
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chastening
punishment
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bewildered
not sure, perplexed
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nonplussed
unsure how to act or respond
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stymied
hindered, blocked
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buttressed
supported, strengthened
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draconian
overly picky or too legalistic
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precariousness
uncertainty or unstable
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perfidy
act of betrayal, breach of trust
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temperance
ability to limit; avoid excess
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burgeon
to grow or develop quickly; flourish
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refractory
stubbornly resistant to authority
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incorrigible
impervious to correction by punishment
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hackneyed
less importance through overuse (of a phase)
50
temperance
trait of avoiding excesses
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expound
explain
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apocryphal
questionable authenticity
53
intrepid
fearless
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pernicious
harmful or spreading in a hidden or injurious way
synonym: insidious
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vacillate
undecided, wavering between options
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foment
stir up public opinion
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taciturn
habitually reserved and uncommunicative
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inimical
hostile environment
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ravenous
extremely hungry
60
tractable
influential, moldable
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prolific
intellectually productive
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insolent
rude and arrogant
63
sycophant
person who tried to please others for their personal gain
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winsome
charming in a childlike or naïve way
65
inscrutable
not easily understood
66
poignant
emotionally touching
67
dilettante
someone who has no knowledges but pretends like that do
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brazen
unrestrained
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prodigious
great in size that elicits awe
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ephemeral
short lived
71
sartorial
related to clothes
72
inchoate
beginning stages of something
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fatuous
foolish or inane
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asperity
harshness in tone
75
nefarious
wicked, villainous
76
demure
modest and shy
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scintillating
describes someone who is brilliantly lively
