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Vocab(4) Flashcards

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Specious

A

Misleading in appearance
Fallacious
Spurious
Deceptive

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Spurious

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Not genuine
Fake
Counterfeit
Specious

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Confer

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To give
To compare
To bring forth
Consult
Converse
Bestow an award to
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Conscript

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An enrolled soldier OR
To enroll
Enlist
Draft

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Recondite

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Secret
Hidden
Abstruse
Concealed
Obscure
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Recalcitrant

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Having an uncooperative attitude
Disobedient
Obstinate
Obstreperous

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Repudiate

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Cast away
Put away
Abandon
Disown

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Conviction

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Belief OR indictment

Firm opinion

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Obstreperous

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Loud and hard to control
Noisy
Boisterous
Clamorous

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Aberrant

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Wandering
Straying from the path
Abnormal
Atypical

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Prescient

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Foreknowing

Clairvoyant

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Myopic

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Near sighted
Closed minded
Uncreative

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Quotidian

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Daily

Everyday

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Libelous

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Containing a lie
Aspersive
Slanderous

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Avant-garde

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New idea
Innovative
Original

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Timorous

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Fearful
Paranoid
Timid
Hesitant

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Consternation

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Astonishment of distress
Alarm
Shock
Awe

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Paramount

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Principal primary importance

Superior

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Puffery

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Exaggerated
Aggrandize
Hype

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Minutiae

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Smaller particulars

Minor detail

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Nominal

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Pertaining to a name OR insignificant
Ostensible
Negligible

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Negligible

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Insignificant

Nominal

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Parochial

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Narrow minded

Myopic

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Aloof

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Distant
Detached
Apart

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Grave

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Serious

Gloomy

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Portend

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Be a sign of warning
Foreshadow
Indicate

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Prognosticator

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Clairvoyant
Prescient
Knowing future

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