Vocab 6 F Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Exceptional, unusual, aberrant

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anomalous

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normal, regular, customary, typical, ordinary

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ant. anomalous

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3
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innuendo, calumny

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aspersion

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4
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endorsement, praise

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ant aspersion

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5
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grotesque, fantastic, outlandish

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bizarre

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6
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normal, typical, ordinary, expected.

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ant. bizarre

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7
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tactless, ungracious

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brusque

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8
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tactful, diplomatic

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ant. brusque

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9
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wheedle, inveigh

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cajole

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10
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coerce, force.

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ant. cajole

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11
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chastise, censure

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castigate - to punish severely.

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12
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honor, praise, laud

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ant. castigate

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13
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think up, concoct, fabricate

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contrive - to plan with ingenuity, ingeniously.

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14
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rabbl-rouser, firebrand

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demagogue - a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power.

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15
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undeceive, enlighten

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disabuse - to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking.

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deceive, delude, pull wool over one’s eyes

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languor, world-weariness, listlessness

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enthusiasm, liveliness, excitement, intensity

19
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bond, restraint

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fetter (noun)

20
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bind, hamper

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fetter (verb)

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free, liberate, emancipate

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evil, odious, outrageous

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heinous - terrible, crime

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wonderful, spendid, excellent

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unchangeable, unalterable, fixed, invariable.

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immutable - not be able to be changed

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changeable, inconstant, variable, fickle
ant. immutable
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revolutionary, rebellious, mutinous
Insurgent - rebel or rebellious
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loyalist, loyal, faithful
ant. insurgent
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delusion of grandeur
megalomania
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modesty, self-abasement
ant. megalomania
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no-show job, cushy job, plum
sinecure
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furtive, covert, clandestine, concealed
surreptitious
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open, frank, aboveboard, overt
ant. surreptitious
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overstep, tresspass
transgress
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obey, toe the line
ant. transgress
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transform, convert
transmute
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preserve, maintain
ant transmute.
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surrogate, secondhand
vicarious
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actual, firsthand
vicarious