Vocabulary Flashcards
(135 cards)
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Cogent
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Convincing or reasonable
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Coherent
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Logically connected
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Cohesive
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The condition of sticking together
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Didactic
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Intended to instruct
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Discourse
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Verbal expression or exchange; conversation
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Eloquence
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The ability to speak vividly or persuasive
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Fluid
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Easily flowing
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Implication
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The act of suggesting or hinting
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Lucid
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Easily understood; clear
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Rhetoric
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The art of using language effectively and persuasively
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Arbiter
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A judge who decides a disputed issue
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Biased
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Prejudiced
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Exculpate
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To free from guilt or blame
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Impartial
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Not in favor in one side or the other; unbiased
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Incontrovertible
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Not able to be denied or disputed
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Integrity
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Trustworthiness; completeness
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Objectivity
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Treating facts without influence from personal feelings or prejudice
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Plausible
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Seemingly valid or acceptable; credible
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Substantiated
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Supported with proof or evidence; verified
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Vindicated
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Freed from blame
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Condescending
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Treating people as weak or inferior
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Contemptuous
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Feeling hatred; scornful
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Despotic
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Exercising absolute power; tyrannical
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Dictatorial
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Domineering; oppressively overbearing
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Disdain
N. Contempt; scorn
| V. To regard or treat with contempt; to look down on
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Haughty
Vainly proud; arrogant
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Imperious
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing
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Patronizing
Treat in condescending manner
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Convoluted
Intricate; complex
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Cryptic
Difficult to comprehend
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Futile
Having no useful purpose; pointless
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Assertion
A declaration or statement
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Impede
To slow the progress of
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Obscure
Adj. relatively unknown
| V. To conceal or make indistinct
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Quandary
A state of uncertainty or perplexity
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Insipid
Uninteresting or unchallenging
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Lament
Express grief for; mourn
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Listless
Lacking energy
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Melancholy
Sadness; depression
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Torpor
Laziness; inactivity; dullness
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Alliance
A union of two or more groups
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Impinge
Hinder; interfere with
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Sanction
An economic or military measure put in place to punish another country
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Indolent
Lazy
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Disparity
Inequality in age, rank or degree; difference
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Servile
Submissive; like a servant
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Suppressed
Subdued; kept from being circulated
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Embellish
To make beautiful by ornamenting; to decorate
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Florid
Describing flowery or elaborate speech
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Opulent
Exhibiting a display of great wealth
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Ornate
Elaborately decorated
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Ostentatious
Describing a showy or pretentious display
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Poignant
Profoundly moving or touching
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Ebullience
Intense enthusiasm
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Effusive
Emotionally unrestrained; gushy
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Egregious
Conspicuously bad or offensive
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Flagrant
Extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable
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Frenetic
Wildly excited or active
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Gratuitous
Given freely; unearned; unwarranted
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Superfluous
Extra; unnecessary
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Alleviate
To ease pain or burden
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Asylum
A place of retreat or security
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Auspicious
Favorable; promising
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Benevolent
Well-meaning; generous
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Benign
Kind and gentle
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Mollify
To calm or soothe
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Reclamation
The act of making something useful again
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Sanction
To give official authorization or approval
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Dubious
Doubtful; of unlikely authenticity
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Fabricated
Made; concocted to deceive
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Hypocrisy
The practice of pretending to be something one is not; insincerity
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Slander
False charges and malicious oral statements about someone
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Spurious
Not genuine
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Astute
Shrewd; clever
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Clandestine
Secretive
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Coup
A brilliantly executed plan
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Disingenuous
Not straightforward; crafty
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Ruse
A crafty trick
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Stratagem
A clever trick used to deceive or outwit
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Surreptitiously
Done by secretive means
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Wary
On guard
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Wily
Cunning
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Ambiguous
Open to more than one interpretation
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Ambivalent
Simultaneously having opposing feelings; uncertain
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Apathetic
Feeling or showing little emotion
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Arbitrary
Determined by impulse rather than reason
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Capricious
Impulsive and unpredictable
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Equivocate
To avoid making a definite statement
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Indifferent
Not caring one way or the other
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Spontaneous
Unplanned; naturally occurring
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Whimsical
Subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
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Inconsequential
Unimportant
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Superficial
Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow
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Tenuous
Having little substance or strength; shaky; unsure, weak
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Trivial
Of little importance or significance
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Assiduous
Hard-working
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Compelling
Forceful; urgently demanding attention
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Diligent
Marked by painstaking effort; hardworking
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Dogged
Stubbornly persevering
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Endure
To put up with; to survive a hardship
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Intrepid
Courageous; fearless
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Maverick
One who is independent and resists adherence to a group
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Obdurate
Stubborn; inflexible
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Obstinate
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion or a course of action
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Proliferate
To grow or increase rapidity
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Tenacity
Persistence
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Vitality
Energy; power to survive
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Assimilation
To absorb; make similar
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Consensus
General agreement
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Context
Circumstances of situation; environment
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Derived
Copied or adapted from a source
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Incumbent
Imposed as a duty; obligatory
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Inevitable
Certain to happen, unavoidable
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Malleable
Easily shaped or formed; easily influenced
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Subdue
To restrain; to hold back
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Acquired
developed or learned; not naturally occurring
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Conception
The ability to form or understand an idea
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Conviction
A fixed or strong belief
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Dogmatic
Stubbornly adhering to unproved beliefs
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Enlightening
Informative; contributing to ones awareness
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Impression
A feeling or understanding resulting from an experience
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Intuition
The power of knowing things without thinking; sharp insight
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Misconception
An incorrect understanding or interpretation
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Perception
Awareness; insight
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Perspective
Point of view
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Profound
Having great depth or seriousness
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Inherent
Inborn; built-in
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Innate
Possessed from birth; inborn
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Inveterate
Long established; deep-rooted; habitual
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Omnipotent
All-powerful
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Proximity
Closeness
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Elusive
Difficult to capture, as in something actually fleeting
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Emigrate
To leave one country or region and settle in another
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Transient
Passing away with time; passing from one place to another
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Transitory
Short lived or temporary
