Vocab words Flashcards
(150 cards)
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Magnate
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a big or important person
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Metamorphosis
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process of transformation
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Despondent
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sad
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Indignant
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angry
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malevolent
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having bad wishes towards others
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malaise
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general sense of unease
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equivocal
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deliberately unclear; vague
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vociferate
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to speak loudly
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complaisant
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having a desire to please others
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malignity
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strong will to harm others
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dexterous
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skillful
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equanimity
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composure, calm
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impede
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to block
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thwart
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to stop
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burgeon
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to expand, grow, flourish
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encroach
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to make gradual or stealthy steps into, trespass
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invoke
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to call upon a higher power
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evoke
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to call upon
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amorphous
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without shape
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irrevocable
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irreversible
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benediction
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a blessing
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benign
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gentle, kind
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androgynous
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both female and male characteristics
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anthropocentric
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worldview that tends to put humans beings at the center
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anthropomorphic
a perspective that tends to assign human characteristics to plants or animals
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analogous
a situation that contains some common thread or theme
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sophistry
false wisdom
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placate
to soothe
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ambivalent
torn between emotions
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malfeasance
misconduct
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antipathy
hatred
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sophomoric
immature, childish
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insubordinate
not obeying authority
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intransigent
unwilling to compromise
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creed
system of christian/religious belief
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amenable
obedient, agreeable
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amiable
friendly, agreeable
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credulous
eager to believe, gullible
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culpable
guilty
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deign
to condescend
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elocution
art of public speaking
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impugn
to attack/accuse
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impunity
freedom from punishment or harm
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indict
to charge with a crime
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nomenclature
set or system of names
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repugnant
repulsive, disgusting
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pseugonym
a false name, alias
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veracity
truthfulness
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vrisimilitude
appearance of truth, looking like the real thing
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rectify
convert, made correct
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repudiates
reject or refuse
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recants
withdraw a previous belief
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unanimity
total agreement
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gregarious
social
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candor
sincere honesty (like candid!)
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conspicuous
easily seen, impossible to miss
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empirical
relying on experience or observation, not just theoretical
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inept
incompetent, clumsy
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malleable
easy to bend, mold, shape
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mercurial
emotionally unpredictable
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pervade
spread throughout
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prudent
wise
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substantiate
to prove, verify
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denounce
inform against; declare to be wrong
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aver
state or assert
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intractable
difficult or impossible to manage, control, solve, cure
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empirical
based on experience rather than pure logic or theory
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dictum
formal statement
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indict
formally charged with crime
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exculpate
show or declare someone is not guilty
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equivocation
logical fallacy
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ignominy
public shame
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erudite
having or showing great knowledge or learning; scholarly
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verisimilitude
ver (truth) - appearing true
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extemporaneous
spoken or done well without prep
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astute
good at clocking people, observant
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gaffe
embarrassing mistake
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indolent
lazy
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insolent
arrogant, insulting
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insular
island, isolated
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pedantic
overly concerned with rules (esp academics)
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penchant
strong taste/like
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penitent
sorry
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pragmatic
practical, experience>theory
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proliferate
spread/grow rapidly
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prolific
fruitful, productive
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prominent
well-known, leading, stands out
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reticent
quiet, restrained, reluctant to speak
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sagacious
wise
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specious
falsely plausible or attractive
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tenuous
flimsy, thin
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ubiquitous
present; found everywhere
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divulge
make known
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exacerbate
make a problem worse
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dogmatic
rule follower
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frivolous
not serious
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abstruse
hard to understand
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affront
"in your face" insult
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castigate
criticize severely
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cerebral palsey
smart, brainy
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concede
admit
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contiguous
side by side
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epitome
perfect example of something
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exorbitant
excessive
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expedient
providing an immediate advantage
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flagrant
SO BAD
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flippant
super disrespectful
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laud
praise
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partisan
someone who supports a person/idea
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squander
waste
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tangential
irrelevant
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vestige
remaining bit
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vie
to compete
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vigilant
watchful
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antithesis
the direct opposite
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disparate
different; incompatible; unequal
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posterity
future generations
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posthumous
occurring after one's death
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smear
damage reputation w/ slanderb
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buttress
strengthen, improve, benefit
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colossal
gigantic
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juxtapose
to compare side by side
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entropy
science functions
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frivolity
lightness, lack of seriousness
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travesty
debase imitation of something, to make fun of
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derisive
mocking
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dubious (doo)
something is unclear; skepticism
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nihilistic
belief of meaningless
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diffident
lack confidence
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orator
person who is a skilled public speaker
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inebriated
drunk
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opaque
impossible to see through; impossible to understand
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anachronistic
something that doesn't belong in current time
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inscrutable
hard to understand
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propriety
proper behavior
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contingent
up to chance(adj) OR group of people united by 1 cause(noun)
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latent
hidden or concealed
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denigrate
verb - criticize unfairly
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misconstrue
form a false understanding of the meaning or intention of something (misinterpret)
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defunct
no longer existing/functioning
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arcane
mysterious, understood by few
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extraneous
irrelevant or unrelated
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ornamental
decorative
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surmise
something that may be true but there is no evidence
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contrive
create or bring out; manage to do something foolish
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disparate
too difference, very unlike
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paucity
scarcity
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vindicate
to clear someone of blame
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evince
indicate
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superfluous
unnecessarily thorough
