Vocab Flashcards
(86 cards)
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Docile
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Someone who is easily taught; submissive
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Subjective
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One’ own opinion
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Eloquent
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Well spoken
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Superfluous
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More than what is requires
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Incontrovertible
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Not disputed
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Vacillation
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Wavering
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Infallibility
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Unable to make a mistake
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Hitherto
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Up to now
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Wary
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Cautious or caution
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Weary
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Tired
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Unmarred
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Clean
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Hallowed
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Holy or very respected or to do with religion
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Hollowed
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With a hole, not very deep
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Eclectic
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The best taken from; a collection of
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Invidious
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Harmful, but can’t see it coming
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Impromptu
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Done without rehearsal
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Extemporaneous
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Done without rehearsal
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Sanguine
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Optimistic; hopeful or healthy
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Intransigence
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Stubborn
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Affinity
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A liking for
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Salutary
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Beneficial
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Salutation
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Greeting
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Exacerbated
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To make a bad situation worse
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Zenith
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The top of. Synonyms: acme or apex
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Nadir
At the bottom of
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Provincial
Very narrow minded. Synonym: parochial
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Expatriate
Citizen of one country who lives in another
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Wayward
Someone who goes off the normal path
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Nostalgia
Looking back at something in the past
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Ostentatious
Very loud and showy
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Capricious
Changes mind often
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Ossified
Rigid
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Strategy
Planning to do something POSITIVE
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Stratagem
Planning to do something NEGATIVE
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Machination
Planning process - NEGATIVE (synonym to stratagem)
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Equivocate
Not giving a clear answer (negative)
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Unequivocal
Without a doubt
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Cryptic
Mysterious
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Perfidy
Disloyalty
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Indignant
Anger for a justified cause
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Indigenous
Native to area
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Dubious
Doubtful
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Currency
Value
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Diaphanous
Transparent
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Anomalous
Abnormal
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Inconoclast
Someone who goes against society
| Synonyms: unorthodox, renegade, maverick, rebel.
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Dowager
Rich widow
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Palpable
Anything that you can feel moving (example: heart)
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Esoteric
Language understood by a few
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Mollified
To calm down. Synonyms: pacify, assuage, mitigate
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Railment
Clothing
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Irascible
Cranky
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Cantankerous
Cranky
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Laconic
Very brief and to the point. Synonym: succinct
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Mercurial
Someone who is very moody and shifts moods
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Phlegmatic
Sluggish, lazy
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Edify
Instructive
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Effusive
Very enthusiastic
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Desolate
All alone or lonely
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Precursor
Something that predicts something
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Harbinger
Something that predicts something (synonym: precursor)
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Gaudy
Loud or vivid colors
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Bucolic
Rural or agricultural
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Rustic
Rural or agricultural
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Erudition
Very scholarly
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Lassitude
Lack of energy
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Chicanery
False information
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Dissent
When people can't come to an agreement
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Prolific
Very productive
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Lugubrious
Deeply mournful
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Remonstrance
To be sorry for something you did
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Hinder
To not allow; to block
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Ousted
To fire
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Coddled
To be pampered; to cook slowly
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Chided
To scold
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Banal
Over used, cliché, unimaginative, flat
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Discrimination (adjective)
Some one who is insightful
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Discrimination (verb)
Biased or prejudice
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Miscreant
Villain or some one who causes trouble
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Tacit
Silent approval
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Fervent
Done with a lot of passion
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Impetuous
Done without hesitation
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Ephemeral
Short in duration
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Evanescent
Short in duration
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Unaffected
Original
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Affected
Copying; not original
