Vocabulary Section-13 Flashcards
(20 cards)
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1.) Abtruse
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Difficult to understand
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- ) Affront
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Insult
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- ) Canard
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False rumor
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- ) Captious
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Excessively ready to find fault
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- ) Cognizant
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Aware Knowledgeable
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- ) Contrite
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Regretful for some misdeed
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- ) cynosure
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The center of attention
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- ) Decorous
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Well behaved
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- ) Deign
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To think it appropriate
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- ) Desiccated
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Arid and uninteresting
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- ) Efficacy
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Effective
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- ) Engender
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To bring into existence
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- ) Ethereal
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Light, airy, delicate
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- ) Facade
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The front or face of a building
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- ) ghoulish
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Revolting
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- ) incongruous
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Not in keeping
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- ) Machination
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Crafty scheming to accomplish a goal
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- ) Mesmerize
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To fascinate , enthrall
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- ) opprobrium
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Disgrace from shameful actions
20
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- ) Putative
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Generally regarded as such
