Vocabulary2 Flashcards

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Deviate

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to depart from a standard or norm

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Devious

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Tricky, deceptive

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Didactic

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intended to teach, instructive

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Diffident

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Hesitant, reserved, shy

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Diffuse

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To spread out, to scatter

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Digress

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To wander from the main path or the main topic

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dilatory

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Delaying, procrastinating

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diligent

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working hard and steadily

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diminutive

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unusually small, tiny

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discern

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to detect, notice, or observe

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disclose

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to make known; to reveal

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discomfit

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to frustrate, thwart, or embarrass

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disconcert

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to confuse or embarrass

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discredit

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to cause disbelief in the accuracy of some statement or the reliability of a person

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discreet

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showing good judgment in speech and behavior

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discrepancy

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a difference or variance between two or more things

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disdain

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contempt, scorn

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disingenuous

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pretending to be candid, simple and frank

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disparage

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to speak disrespectfully about, to belittle

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disparity

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difference in quality or kind

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disregard

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to ignore, to neglect

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disruptive

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causing disorder, interrupting

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dissemble

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to pretend, to simulate

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dissipate

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to spread out or scatter

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dissonance
lack of music harmony; lack of agreement between ideas
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diverge
to move in different directions
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diversion
a distraction or pastime
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divination
the art of predicting the future
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divisive
causing disagreement or disunity
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divulge
to reveal
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dogmatic
holding firmly to a particular set of beliefs with little or no basis
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dominant
greatest in importance or power
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dubious
doubtful, uncertain
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durable
long lasting
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duress
compulsion or restraint
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eclectic
drawn from many sources; varied, heterogeneous
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efficacious
able to produce a desired effect
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effrontery
shameless boldness
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effusive
pouring forth one's emotions very freely
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egotism
excessive concern with oneself; conceit
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egregious
obvious, conspicuous, flagrant
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elated
excited and happy; exultant
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elliptical
very terse or concise in writing or speech; difficult to understand.
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elusive
hard to capture, grasp, or understand
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embezzle
to steal money or property that has been entrusted to your care.
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emend
to correct
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emigrate
to leave one place or country to settle elsewhere.
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eminent
noteworthy, famous
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emissary
someone who represents another
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emollient
something that softens or soothes
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empathy
imaginative sharing of the feelings, thoughts, or experiences of another.
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empirical
based on experience or personal observation.
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emulate
to imitate or copy
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encroach
to go beyond acceptable limits; to trespass.
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enervate
to reduce the energy or strength of someone or something
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engender
to produce, to cause
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enhance
to improve in value or quality
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enmity
hatred, hostility, ill will.
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enthrall
to enchant or charm
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ephemeral
quickly disappearing; transient
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equanimity
calmness of mind, especially under stress
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eradicate
to destroy completely
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espouse
to take up as a cause; to adopt
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euphoric
a feeling of extreme happiness and well-being; elation
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evanescent
vanishing like a vapor; fragile and transient.
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exacerbate
to make worse or more severe
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exasperate
to irritate or annoy
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exculpate
to free from blame or guilt
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exemplary
worthy to serve as a model
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exonerate
to free from blame
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expansive
broad and large; speaking openly and freely
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expedite
to carry out promptly
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expertise
skill, mastery.
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expiate
to atone for
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expropriate
to seize ownership of
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extant
currently in existence
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extenuate
to make less serious
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extol
to greatly praise
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extricate
to free from a difficult or complicated situation
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extrinsic
not an innate part of aspect of something; external.
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exuberant
wildly joyous and enthusiastic.
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facile
easy; shallow or superficial
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fallacy
an error in fact or logic
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felicitous
pleasing, fortunate, apt.
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feral
wild
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fervent
full of intense feeling; ardent, zealous.
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flagrant
obviously wrong; offensive
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flamboyant
very colorful; showy, or elaborate
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florid
flowery, fancy; reddish
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foppish
describing a man who is foolishly vain about his dress or appearance
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formidable
awesome, impressive, or frightening
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fortuitous
lucky, fortunate
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fractious
troublesome, unruly.
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fragility
the quality of being easy to break; delicacy, weakness
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fraternize
to associate with on friendly terms
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frenetic
chaotic, frantic
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frivolity
lack of seriousness; levity
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frugal
spending little
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fugitive
someone trying to escape