Vocab Test 2 Flashcards

(20 cards)

1
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Overly bright or showy, often in a bad way.

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garish

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2
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To use hand movements or gestures when speaking, often with excitement.

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Gesticulate

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3
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To combine different parts or ideas into a whole.

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Synthesize

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4
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A statement that doesn’t logically follow from the previous one.

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Non sequitur

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5
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A show of respect or tribute to someone or something.

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Hommage

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6
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The most perfect or typical example of something.

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Quintessence

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7
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Outstandingly bad; shocking.

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Egregious

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8
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To suggest something indirectly, often something negative.

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Insinuate

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9
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Without meaning to; accidentally.

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Inadvertently

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10
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To invent or create something, often by mixing things together.

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Concoct

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11
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A musical composition where a theme is repeated and developed by different instruments or voices; also a state of altered awareness or memory loss.

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Fugue

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12
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Harmful or dangerous; showing hatred or desire to cause harm.

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Malignant

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13
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To cause something (especially something bad) to continue.

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Perpetuate

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14
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Treating serious issues with inappropriate humor; joking in a not-serious way.

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Facetious

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15
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The quality of being determined and persistent.

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Tenacity

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16
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To find out or discover something with certainty.

17
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Dealing with things sensibly and realistically rather than ideally.

18
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Unreasonably high (especially referring to prices or demands).

19
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To combine two or more things into one, often confusingly.

20
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To claim or appear to be something, often falsely.