Vocab 1 Flashcards
(79 cards)
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Proclivities
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Tendencies
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Inclinations
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Tendencies
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Arcane
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Obscure
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Disseminated
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Spread
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Myriad
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A large number of
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Exemplars
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Perfect example, ideal
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Dilettantes
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Amateur
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Apocryphal
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False, made up
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Laudable
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Praiseworthy, commendable
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Expedient
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Advantageous
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Vociferous
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Vehement, passionate
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Acrimonious
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Bitter, angry
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Tendentious
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Favoring a point of view that may cause an argument
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Recondite
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Abstruse
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Tenuous
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Weak
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Esoteric / Recondite
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Cannot be understood by lay people
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Cogent
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Convincing, compelling, strong
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Vestigial
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Remaining
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Proclivity / Predilections
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Tendency
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Augment
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Increase, add to
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Obfuscating
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Obscure, confuse, unclear
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Neophyte / Tyro
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Unexperienced / Beginners
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Hoi polloi
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Common people
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Moot
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Debateable
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Inimical / Deleterious
Causing harm
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Anthropogenic
Originating in human activity
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Succinctly
Concise
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Cogently
Convincing, believable
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Jocularly
Said or done as a joke
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Jocosely
Given to or characterized by a joke
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Recondite / Abstruse
Obscure, difficult to understand
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Laud
Take advantage of
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Lament
Sob, cry
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Enigma
Mysterious
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Melange
Mixture
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Shibboleth
Belief / custom of a certain place
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Misnomer
Incorrect name
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Waning
Decline, diminish
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Juxtaposition
Placing 2 things near for comparison
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Burgeoning
Grown rapidly, flourish
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Dissolution
End a legal entity or agreement
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Enmity
Hostility, animosity
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Sentient
Able to perceive or feel things
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Innocuous
Not harmful or offensive
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Fecund
Fertile
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Ethos
Trustworthiness, credible
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Immutable
Unchanged
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Antiquated
Outdated
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Pernicious
Harmful
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Fiat
Order, authorization
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Buttress
To help, support
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Tangential
Diverging from a previous course or line, erratic
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Ameliorate
Improve, make better
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Autonomy
Self-governing
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Transmuted
Change, alter, adapt
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Inculcated
Instill in, implant in
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Zeal
Devoted to a cause
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Delineate
Describe, outline, depict
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Pontificate about
To speak in a pretentious manner
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Rhapsodize about
To speak about enthusiastically
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Obviate
Preclude, remove
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Zenith / Acme
Highest point
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Nadir
Lowest point
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Epitome
A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type; personification, embodiment
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Mores
Customs (of a culture)
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Meretricious
Worthless, cheap
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Jurisprudence
Theory of law
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Ascertain
Discover, find something out
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Putative
Supposed, assumed
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Myopic
Uncreative, narrow-minded
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Prudent
Wise
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Harbinger
Forerunner
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Archetype
Original, prototype
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Perversion
Distortion, misrepresented, twisting
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Anachronistic
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time
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Efficacious
Effective
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Ephemeral
Transient, fleeting, short-lived
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Salient
Important, major, main, cheif
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Placated / Mollified
Pacify, calm, soothe
