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Vocab- 10.1 Flashcards

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Nuance

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Noticing the subtle differences in words

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Notorious

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To be famous for something bad

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Renowned

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To be famous for something good

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Moot

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Arguable (Judging people based on English is a Moot point)

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Allude

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Making reference to something in a indirect manner

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Refer

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Making reference to something in a direct manner.

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Confluence

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Merging of things or ideas

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Satiable

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Content or satisfied

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Insatiable

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Your desire cannot be satisfied

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Preface

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Preface is generally written at the starting of a book describing why the author has written the book.

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PREFIX

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adding something to the front

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Suffix

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adding something after

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comparable

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Similar or equivalent things that can be compared

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incomparable

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very good in profession

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Regimented

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very strict, time table, very strict schedule

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digress

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to go off topic

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euphemism

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saying in a euphemistic or polite way, where they can’t explain

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abeyance

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to postpone our put something aside

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regress

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to go back

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progress

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to go forward

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coghate

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to think, to ponder, to contemplate

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conversant

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to have working knowledge of something either through formal studies or through experience

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consumate

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to complete something, to conclude something

eg: to consummate a contract

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dexterous

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to be good with one’s hands
to be skillful
remember Dexter’s laboratory

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ambidextrous
to be equally good with both hands
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ambivalent
to have positive and negative feeling about something
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peril
to be in danger, risk, hazard | perilous- use it like hazardous, dangerous, perilous situation
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humble
to be modest
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stymie
``` to block to hinder to obstruct to be unsuccessful stymie - thwart , foil ```
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biannual
happening twice a year
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biennial
happening every other year
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fortnight
a period of two weeks
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remiss
re missive | to be negligent in doing your duty or performing ones duty
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remit
doing confuse with remiss to send money noun - remittance
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brook
``` to tolerate to stomach to handle to endure to put up with ```
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meticulous
to post excessive attention to details to be very particular to be picky
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virtue
good quality
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vice
bad quality
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fastidious
difficult to please | fastidious is a nuance of negativity
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aboveboard
literal meaning - over the table | metaphorical meaning - open, honest, straightforward
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shenanigans
tricky treachery deceit dishonest
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etymology
history of a word
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quack
ethnology of the word the person who practices medicines without being a doctor charlatan and imposter are synonyms
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surreptitious
to do something in a sneaky | underhanded fashion | tricky way when nobody is looking
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surendipitous /serendipity
to find or stumble upon something purely by chance or fluke
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fluke
for something to happen purely by chance | stroke of luck
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divine
relating to our having to do with a god or goddess
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divinity
god like or God or goddess
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deity
a god or goddess
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Epiphany
``` a sudden realization a sudden perception a sudden understanding or idea a divine relation a certain manifestation ```
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lucid
freely flowing easy to understand lucid argument is one that is not convoluted a lucid argument is not necessarily a cogent one
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convoluted
twisted, tangled, complicated, intricate
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cogent
convincing out persuasive | if the argument is convincing, then the argument is said to have cogency
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moot point
A Moot point is something that is being discussed purely for theoretical reasons. It has no practical implications
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deed
act or action
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Antonym and synonym
u know why this word is here
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vice and virtue
vice - bad quality, immoral quality | virtue - a good quality, honesty is a virtue
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etymology
history or origin of a word | story behind a word
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carte blanche
metaphorical meaning- unconditional and unrestricted authority to do whatever person wishes literally - carte = document Blanche = white ( blank piece of paper)
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Discreet and Discrete
``` Discreet -> to be careful in one's speech or behavior to be prudent to be modest in one's behavior Discretion -> to be careful in one's behavior to be circumspect it also means to give someone authority out freedom to act as they see fit ``` Discrete -> not continuous choppy coming in bits and pieces
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confluence
flowing together merging coming together
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fork
there is a fork in the street
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bifurcate and trifurcated
to divide into 2/3 parts or branches
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abeyance
``` to leave something in abeyance to put something off till later well leave that in abeyance to postpone look at the difference from procrastination point of view ```
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euphemism
politically correct use of pleasant or inoffensive term in place of something that might be considered unpleasant or offensive African American is a euphemism
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contrive
``` to make something up ( artificially) to fabricate something contrive is forced to make something like a story, that story can be contrive Anything contrive is ingenious ```
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ingenuity
in a contrive way.. | contrive sometime means clever too
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ingenuous
person who is not very sophisticated, worldly not very refined it also means someone who is straight forward, Frank, honest and candid almost like a child like person
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candid
``` straight forward honest open Frank candid should not be confused with hidden ```
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concatenate
to link or connect in chain or series

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