Words on Test Flashcards by Craig Gustafson | Brainscape

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Insular

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Ignorant or uninterested in other countries

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Patent

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Easily recognizable

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Pervasive

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To spread throughout

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Belies

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Disguise or contradict

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Austere

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Plain, strict, or harsh manner/attitude/appearance

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Exigent

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Demanding or pressing

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Debase

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Degrade/ demean

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Unpropitious

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Unfavorable

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Impediment

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A hindrance or obstruction

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Solicitous

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Showing care and concern

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Munificent

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Very generous

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Resolute

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Certain

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Taciturn

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Reserved and not talkative

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Irascible

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Easily angered

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Pugnacious

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Eager to argue or fight

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Judicious

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Using good judgment and being sensible

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Mendacity

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Being untruthful

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Base

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Low morals or worthless

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Avarice

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Extremely greedy

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Evanescence

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Not lasting long

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Recrudescence

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A revival of something that originally was contained or less

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Inimical

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Unfriendly or hostile

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Repudiates

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Refusal to associate with

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Eclectic

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Comprehensive

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Arcane

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Mysterious or secret

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Jettison

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To abandon or discard

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Distill

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Extract the most important meaning

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Erroneous

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Wrong

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Pernicious

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Having a harmful effect

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Salubrious

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Healthy or pleasant

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Infallible

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Never failing

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Expedient

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Convenient or practical

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Blighted

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To destroy or infect

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Erstwhile

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Before or former

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Proxy

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A substitute or stand-in

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Florid

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Excessively intricate

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Defamatory

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Damaging a good reputation of being slanderous

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Calumnious

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Making false or slanderous statement

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Inveighing

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To speak or write with great hostility

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Timorous

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Showing a lack of confidence, being nervous or fearful

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Diffident

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Modest or shy due to a lack of self confidence