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Flashcards by Natalie Fitterman, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Natalie Fitterman
almost 11 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Affluent | Rich; abundance of wealth |
| Ambivalence | Uncertainty; fluctuation |
| Arduous | Difficult; laborious |
| Appalling | Terrible; Overcome with horror |
| Auspicious | Promising; Favorable |
| Contend | Struggle |
| Conveyed | Delivered; transferred; taken |
| Deceit | Trick; deceptive; cheating |
| Definitive | Most reliable or complete, |
| Derive | Originated; grow; arise |
| Denotes | To be a mark or sign of; indicate: |
| Descended | Fell; Go downhill |
| Diluted | Thinned; watered; weakened |
| Disseminating | distributing; publishing |
| Epidemic | Affecting many persons at one time |
| Escapades | Reckless adventure or wild prank |
| Extinct | Dead; non-existent |
| Feasibility | Probable; likely: |
| Forgery | Forgery |
| Hypothesize | Imagine |
| Implied | inferred; understood |
| Imprudent | Unwise, indiscreet, ill-advised |
| Inherent | Essential; in-built |
| Jaunty | Sprightly, self-confident, and cheerful; brisk |
| Meritocracy | An elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth |
| Nil | Nothing; naught; zero |
| Nostalgia | Longing; melancholy; reminisce; homesick |
| Paradoxically | Statement that seems contrary to common sense |
| Paranoia | Fear; distrust; suspicion |
| Preemptive | Initiative; preventative |
| Premonition | A feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event; |
| Rebellious | Defying or resisting some established authority |
| Via | Through; past; by |
| Validation | Proof; Authentication |
| Skepticism | Questioning, probing, testing |
| Significant | Important; noteworthy |
| Rudimentary | Primitive |
| Resilience | Ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; |
| Sociable | Friendly or agreeable in company |
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