Vocabulary - 1st Semester
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- aplomp
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poise, self-confidence
timidity, doubt - mundane
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uninportant
important - ludicrous
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ridiculous, foolish
serious - tryo
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begginner, inexperienced person
expert - squalid
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wretched, dirty, morally repulsive
pristine - blithe
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joyous
depressed, sad, morose - enervate
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weaken, deprive of strength
energize - jettison
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discard, throw overboard
maintain, continue - incognito
- with identity concealed
- mettle
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courage, spirit
cowardice - refute
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disprove, prove false
uphold, affirm - vacillate
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waver, sway back and forth
commit - obstreperous
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noisily defiant, unruly
obediant, respectful, polite - iconoclast
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attacker of established beliefs or customs, a radical
conservative, conformist - facetious
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flippant, attempting to be funny, playfully joking
serious, reserved - languid
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lacking energy or vitality
extatic, energetic - magnanimous
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generous
stingy, miserly - maxim
- a saying which expresses a general rule of behavior
- sporadic
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occurring at irregular intervals
consistant, regulated, planned - portentous
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significant, amazing
mundane - rancor
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deep seated bitterness
love, respect - abstemious
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eating and drinking in moderation
gluttonous or anorexic, bulemic - disseminate
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scatter or spread like seeds
cluster, converge, gather - impeccable
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without flaw, flawless, perfect
flawed, faulty - liaison
- communication between groups or units; a close relationship
- raze
- demolish, tear down
- preclude
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prevent, make impossible
enable, faccilitate - omnivourous
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taking in everything
selective, focused - accolade
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reward for merit; praise, approval
demerit, critisism - caustic
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stinging, biting, cutting
complimentary, soothing - docile
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easily led, submissive
stubborn, steadfast, stalwart - impecunious
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lacking money, penniless, poor
wealthy, afluent, rich - feign
- pretend
- strident
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loud and harsh, shrill
soft, soothing, peaceful - recluse
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a hermit, one who lives in solitude
extrovert, socialite - pristine
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primitive, remaining in a pure and uncorrupted state
squalid - vestige
- trace
- acumen
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keeness, sharpness of insight
deficiency - clandestine
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secret
public, open, common knowledge - duplicity
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double-dealing, deliberate deception
honesty, truthfullness - lucid
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clear, easily understood
nebulous, incomprehensible - promontory
- high cliff, headland
- refulgent
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radiant, shining
dull, drab - mercenary
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motivated by a desire for monetary gain
charitable, altruistic, voluntary - vicissitudes
- changes in fortune, ups and downs
- flaccid
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lacking firmness, flabby
firm, solid - ameliorate
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to improve
pejiorate - egregious
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outstandingly bad, outrageous
benevolent, benign - coalesce
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fuse, come together
diemminate - onerous
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burdensome, troublesome
pleasurable, delightful - subjugate
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conquer
free, liberate - ostensibly
- supposedly
- elicit
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bring out, draw forth
quell supress - covert
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concealed, hidden
oert, out in the open - flout
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scoff at, show contempt for
honor, praise - misgivings
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feelings of uncertainty, apprehension
certainty - incumbent
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person in office who is being challenged in an election
challenger - fortuitous
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happening by accident or chance
unfortunate, hapless - craven
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cowardly
bravely, forthright - propensity
- inclination, tendency
- emaciated
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made very thin by starvation or illness
corpulent, rotund - vociferous
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making an outcry, clamorous
quiet, silent, muted - mitigate
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to make less harsh or sever, alleviate
worsen, pejiorate - indefatigable
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tireless, relentless
lethargic, enervated, languid - overt
- open to view, not hidden
- remiss
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negligent, careless
impeccable - fractious
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quarrelsome, contrary, troublesome
agreeable, amiable, pleasant - supplant
- to take the place of
- assiduous
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diligent, consistently applying oneself
procrastinating, remiss - palpable
- tangible, able to be felt; easily percieved
- cryptic
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mysterious, enigmatic
blatant, lucid - remuneration
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payment
volenteer - surly
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rude, ill-tempered, sullen
polite, respectful, amiable - inept
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awkward, clumsy, incompetent
competent, proficient, adept - garish
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gaudy, too colorful of showy
fashionable, drab, conservative - lucrative
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profit making
non-profit - replete
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supplied plentifully, filled
scarce, barren, void - proselytize
- to convert or attempt to convert from one belief to another; to recruit members
- awry
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amiss
flawlessly - culpable
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blameworthy, guilty
innocent - momentous
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very important
mundane - repudiate
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refuse to recognize or acknowledge
recognize or acknowlege - wane
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dwindle, decrease gradually
wax - contrite
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sorry, repentant
not sorry - paragon
- model of perfection
- baleful
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evil in intent, ominous
benevolent - innate
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inborn, born with
aquired - embellish
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made more beautiful, decorated
defile, tarnish, deface - gauche
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awkward socially
confident, poised - moratorium
- temporary stopping, delay of action
- parsimonious
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stingy
magnanimous - derision
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scoffing at, ridicule
praise, respect, honor - enclave
- territory enclosed within another
- tenacious
- stubborn, persistent, holding tight
- protean
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versatile, able to play many roles
specialized - inscrutable
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incapable of being understood
transparent, lucid, manifest - discrete
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seperate, unconnected
connected - tremulous
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trembling, fearful, timid
fearless - genre
- type, class
- wily
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crafty, calculating
honest, sincere - paucity
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small number, scarcity
abundance - diverge
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to go in different directions
converge, coalesce - iridescent
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producing a rainbow of colors
bleak, monochrome - brusquely
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abruptly, rudely
politely, respectfully - labyrinth
- maze or puzzle
- dissemble
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disguise the nature of, feign, pretend
be truthful, factual - gossamer
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sheer fabric, anything delicate like a spider's web
wool, coarse - pervade
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spread throughout
contain - rescind
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annul, repeal
inact - proximity
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nearness, closeness
distance - turgid
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excessive, over-decorated in language or swollen, bloated
turbid - rapid, exessive - nefarious
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wicked
benevolent - gratuitous
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freely given, not asked for, uncalled for
demanded - bucolic
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rustic, of the countryside
urban - quell
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put down forcibly
instigate, incite - enigma
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riddle, puzzle, mystery
fact - nexus
- connection, link
- ruefull
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regretful, wry
pleased, proud, happy - ephemeral
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short-lived, temporary
permanent, eternal, perpetual - laconic
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sparing in words, using few words
gregarious, locquacious - moot
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debatable
manifest, clear - eschew
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avoid
confront - putative
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reputed, generally regarded as such
cactual, true - penury
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extreme poverty
rich, wealthy, affluent - truculent
- savage, cruel, defiant, pugnacious
- sanguine
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cheerful
depressed, morose, angry, mean, contemptuous - candid
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frank, open, straight-foward
covert - hapless
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luckless, unfortunate
fortuitous - euphonious
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pleasing in sound
cacophonious - perfunctory
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done routinely with little interest
spontainious, momentous - puerile
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immature, childish
mature, responsible, adult - retinue
- attendents accompanying a person of rank
- deviod
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lacking
bountiful, replete, plentiful - heinous
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grossly wicked
benevolent - nocturnal
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active by night or of the night
diurnal - pithy
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precise, full of meaning
turgid - laity, layman
- not clergy, not professionals
- schism
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split, division
fusion, concensus, agreement - querulous
- fretful, complaining
- castigate
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punish
praise - herculean
- requiring unusual strength
- ubiquitous
- seeming to be everywhere at the same time
- evoke
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called forth
stifle, repress - plummet
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plunge, drop straight down
rise, ascend - burnish
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polish by rubbing
tarnish, deface - unabashed
- not embarrassed or disconcerted
- dichotomy
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division into two parts, often contradictory, schism
fusion, concensus, agreement - rampant
- unrestrained
- exude
- give off
- scintillating
- sparkling
- lampoon
- ridicule, make fun of
- poignant
- touching, having an emotional effect
- hiatus
- gap, break in time
- noisome
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offensive, foul-smelling
fragrant, refreshing - diffident
- modest, timid, hanging back
- obdurate
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unyeilding
open-minded, yeilding - solicitous
- with concern (sometimes overly so)
- unremitting
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incessant, won't let up
sporadic, regular - purported
- assumed to be such, supposed, putative
- ostentatious
- showy, pretentious