Quick Quiz #4 Flashcards by Janvich Vanichpipat

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Destitute

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Extremely poor

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Desultory

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Without purpose

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Dextrous

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Skillful

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Dialectical

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Relating to discussions

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Dictum

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Authoritative saying

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Didactic

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Intended to reach

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Diffident

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Timid

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Digress

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Stray from main subject

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Dilettante

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Amateur

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Discern

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Have insight

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Discreet

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Prudent

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Discrete

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Unconnected

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Indiscrete

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Not seperated

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Discriminate

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Differentiate

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Disdain

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Arrogant scorn

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Disinterested

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Not taking sides

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Disparage

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Belittle

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Disparate

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Incompatible

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Disseminate

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Spread seeds

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Dissipate

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Thin out

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Dissolution

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Disintegration

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Distend

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Swell

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Distinguish

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Tell apart

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Docile

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easily taught

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Doctrinaire

Committed to a theory

Dogmatic

Arrogantly assertive

Dogma

Firmly held system of ideas

Domestic

Of the household

Dormant

Inactive

Dubiety

Uncertainty

Duplicity

Double-dealing

Ebullient

Bubbling with excitement

Eccentric

Not conventional

Eclectic

Drawn from many sources

Edify

Enlighten

Efface

Erase

Effusion

Pouring forth

Egalitarian

Believing in social equality

Egocentric

Selfish

Egotist

Self-obsessed

Egregious

Extremely bad

Elicit

Bring out

Elliptical

Obscure

Elusive

Hard to pin down

Emigrate

Move from a country

Immigration

Moving into a country

Eminent

Well-known

Empirical

Relying on experience

Emulate

Strive to equal

Encroach

Trespass

Endemic

Native

Enervate

Reduce the strength

Enfranchise

Grant voting rights

Disfranchise

Remove voting rights

Engender

Cause to exist

Enigma

Mystery

Enormity

Extremely evil

Ephemeral

Lasting a very short time

Epigram

Brief, witty saying

Epigraph

Apt quotation

Epitaph

Inscription on a gravestone

Epithet

Characterizing term

Epitome

Brief summary

Equanimity

Composure

Equitable

Fair

Equivocal

Intentionally confusing

Equivocate

Say confusing things

Erudite

Scholarly

Esoteric

peculiar

Espouse

Advocate

Ethereal

Heavenly

Euphemism

Inoffensive substitute term

Evanescent

Fleeting

Exacerbate

Make worse

Exacting

Extremely demanding

Exalt

Raise high

Exasperate

Annoy thoroughly

Exemplify

Illustrate by example

Exhaustive

Thorough

Exhort

Urge strongly

Exigency

Emergency

Existential

Having to do with existence

Exonerate

Free from blame

Expatriate

Throw out of native land

Expedient

Immediately advantageous

Expedite

Speed up

Explicit

Clearly expressed

Extol

Praise highly

Extrapolate

Infer

Extricate

Free from difficulty

Extrovert

Outgoing person

Introvert

Inwardly directed person

Exult

Rejoice

Fabrication

Lie

Facetious

Humorous

Facile

Superficially skillful

Faction

Group with a cause

Farcical

Absurd

Fastidious

Meticulous

Fatalist

One who believes in fate