Verbal Reasoning Practice Set 1 (Two) Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini

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Abstruse

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Difficult to understand

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Prolific

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Intellectually productive

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Prosaic

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Not challenging

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Spurned

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Reject with contempt

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Reticent

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Shy

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Scurrilous

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Expressing offensive reproach

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Deriding

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Strong negative reaction

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Abjured

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Rejected strongly

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Chagrin

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Embarrassment

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Acclamation

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Enthusiastic approval

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Infallibility

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Not being wrong

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Bemusement

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Puzzle, confuse, bewilderment

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Malfeasance

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Wrongfully conducted

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Nepotism

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Favoritism towards family

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Fatuous

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Devoid of intelligence

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Devoid

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Entirely lacking

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Ribald

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Humorously vulgar

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Snubbed

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Behave coldly towards

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Patronized

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Sponsorship

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Cultivated

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Develop individual image

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Imprudent

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Lacking self restraint

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Ingenious

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Showing incentive skill

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Toothsome

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Acceptable to taste or mind

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Ignominious

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Deserving of shame

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Mystique

Aura of mystery

Acument

A tapering point

Acridity

Sharply disagreeable, bitterness

Trenchancy

Forcefulness of thought or opinion

Mellifluous

Pleasing to the ear

Euphonic

Euphony=pleasing sounds

Extirpate

Remove or destroy completely

Recondite

Difficult to penetrate

Momentous

Event or change of great importance

Detritus

Remains of something

Bedlam

State of extreme confusion

Wagging

Witty, joking

Vociferous

Vehement or clamorous

Vehement

Intense, showing strong feeling

Clamorous

Jostling, making a loud confused noise

Mien

Dignified manner

Attestation

Evidence by which something is attested

Convalescing

Getting over an illness

Enfeebled

To make weak

Evocative

Bringing strong images or feelings

Truculent

Defiantly aggressive

Panegyrical

Formally expressing praise

Phlegmatic

Showing little emotion

Auspicious

Favorable

Catholic

Diverse or widespread, free from prejudice

Dilettantish

Showing superficial interest

Eclectic

Mixture of styles

Ambrosial

Worthy of the gods, pleasing to taste

Apogee

Final climactic stage

Encroachment

Influencing strongly

Forewent

Eschew, avoid

Interpolations

Interject, interposing

Curtailed

Cut short

Advent

The arrival of a notable person

Collusive

Secret or illegal cooperation

Cooperation

Working together

Predatory

Seeking to exploit or oppress

Inimical

Not friendly