Words4 Flashcards

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Repute

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To consider, believe

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Evoke

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To call up memories or feelings; to draw forth

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Spontaneous

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Coming resulting from a natural impulse or tendency

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Stringent

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Rigorously binding or exacting; strict

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Temperament

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The combination of mental and emotional traits of a person; nature

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Tyrannical

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Unjustly cruel or severe

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Insolent

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Insulting in manner or speech

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Tact

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Skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations

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Constituent

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Serving to make up a thing; components

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Arbitrary

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Unreasonable or unsupported

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Unprecedented

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Never before known or appreciated

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Urgent

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Requiring immediate action or attention; insistent in urging;

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Rebellion

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Armed resistance to a government or ruler; defiance of any authority

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Oblivious

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On mindful or unaware; forgetful

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Volatile

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Evaporating rapidly; tending or threatening to erupt in violence, explosive

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Acquire

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To get possession of

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Charisma

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A personal magnetism that enables an individual to attract or influence people

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Adverse

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Unfavorable; opposing one’s interest or desires

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Disposition

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Mental outlook; characteristic attitude

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Afflict

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Distress with mental or bodily pain

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Allege

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To assert without proof

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Sufficient

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Adequate for the purpose of; enough

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Impractical

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Not practical or useful; in capable of dealing sensibly with practical matters

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Consensus

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Solidarity of opinion; general agreement or harmony

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Personage
A person of distinction or importance
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Anticipate
To realize beforehand; foresee
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Precursor
A person or thing that proceeds, as in a job or method; forerunner
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Demagogue
A political leader who gains power by arousing peoples emotions and prejudices
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Assess
To judge the value or character of
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Authentic
Not false or copied; real
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Benefactor
A kindly helper; a person who makes a endowment characterized by Goodwill; desiring to help others
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Bewilder
To confuse or puzzle completely
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Captivate
To attract intensely; enchant
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Congenial
Agreeable or suitable in nature
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Conviction
Is from belief; the act of convincing or state of being convinced
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Deference
Respectfully yielding of the opinion or will of another
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Pretension
To claim to something; an unwarranted her false claim
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Detract
To take away a part as from value or reputation; to Divert
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Alter
To make different, as in size or style
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Dilettantes
A person who takes up in art activity or subject for amusement especially in a superficial way; Dabbler
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Amass
To collect
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Equanimity
Composure especially under strain
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Motive
Something that causes a person to act
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Exotic
Foreign, not native; strikingly unusual or strange as in appearance
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Benevolent
Marked by or disposed to doing good
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Crude
In a raw or unrefined state; lacking culture and refinement; vulgar
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Forebode
To predict, Warn
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Predilection
A partiality; preference
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Indignation
Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, biased
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Intuition
Direct perception of truth and fact, independent of any reasoning process; 18 are quick insight
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Knack
A special skill or talent; a clever way of doing something
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Longevity
Long life; length of life
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Context
The parts before and after a statement that can influence its meaning
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Misconceive
To interpret wrongly; misunderstand
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Moderate
Not extreme, excessive, intense; average in quantity extents or amount
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Pacifism
Opposition to war or violence as a method of settling disputes
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Faulty
Having faults; imperfect
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Ambition
An earnest desire for achievement, distinction, wealth, power
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Prudent
Wisely careful, showing good judgment