Appendix B: More Tricky Twins Flashcards by Ayleen Sanchez

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Inept

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unskilled; incompetent

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Adept

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skilled; competent

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Amity

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friendship; trust

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Enmity

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hatred; bitter feeling

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Approbation

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approval

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Opprobrium

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shameful disgrace

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Avert

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turn away

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Divert

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amuse; entertain

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Bemoan

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lament

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Bemuse

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confuse; befuddle

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Capacious

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spacious; having large capacity

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Rapacious

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greedy; grasping

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Enervate

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weaken

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Venerate

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respect

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Effervescent

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bubbly

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Evanescent

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short-lived

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Flounder

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flail uselessly or helplessly about, as if in quicksand

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Founder

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fail; sink

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Hail

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cheer for; acclaim

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Hale

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healthy

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Impassive

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apathetic; indifferent

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Impassioned

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ardent; fervent

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Ingenious

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creative

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Ingenious

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honest

Innate

inborn

Inane

senseless, silly

Invective

a vicious, verbal attack; tirade

Inventive

creative; resourceful

Lucid

clear; transparent

Lurid

gruesome; violent

Onus

a burden or responsibility

Opus

a great work of music

Paramount

of greater value

Tantamount

of equal value

Perquisite

a fringe benefit; frill

Prerequisite

something required beforehand

Picaresque

relating to adventure stories about rogues

Picturesque

scenic

Prodigal

wasteful

Prodigious

very large

Provincial

narrow-minded

Providential

saving for the future

Seditious

rebellious

Sedulous

hard-working; diligent

Solicitude

concern

Solitude

aloneness

Temerity

reckless boldness

Timidity

shyness

Tonic

an invigorating drink

Toxic

poisonous

Voluble

talkative

Voluminous

very large