Iba Test Preparation Flash Cards

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Obcession

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The act of cutting sth

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Epithets

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Disparaging word or phrase

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Audacious

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Daring and fearless, recklessly bold, Intrepid, Courageous, Valiant, Plucky, Daredevil

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Salient

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Prominent, protruding, conspicuous, clearly visible, highly relevent

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Disabuse

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To undeceive, to set fit, to persuade sb that an idea or belief is mistaken

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Travesty

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Mockery, Caricature, Parody, redicule

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Vilify

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To defame, disparage, denigrate, condemn, denounce, Slander, Libel, Malign

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Heretical

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unorthodox, dogmatic, heterdox, iconoclostic,,, violating accepted dogma or convention

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Labile

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Readily open to change, Unstable

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Salacious

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Bawdy, Appealing to sexual desire, Lustful, Lecherous, licentious, lascivious, libidinous, prurient

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Effrontry

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Extreme boldness, presumtuousness

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Transient

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Fleeting, lasting for only short period of time, passing quickly

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Enigmetic

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Obscure, Mysterious

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being understand or discovered, mysterious, enigmatic, unfathomable

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splendid

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Bad-tempered, irritable

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penurious (adj.)

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penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous

My penurious boss makes us bring toilet paper from home in order to save the company money.

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garrulous (adj.)

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pointlessly talkative, talking too much

My garrulous neighbor is very sweet, so I try not to act too impatient when she tells me yet another long meandering story.

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soporific (adj.)

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causing drowsiness, tending to induce sleep

The economics professor's lectures were an amazing soporific; five minutes listening to him would cure any case of insomnia

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innervate (v.)

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to supply with nerves, energize

Innervate is usually used to describe a physiological process, as in the fibers that innervate the facial muscles, but it can also be used metaphorically

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craven (adj.)

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contemptibly fainthearted, pusillanimous, lacking any courage

His craven cowardice in refusing to admit his mistake meant that a completely innocent person was punished.

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rubric (n.)

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authoritative rule, heading, title, or category

The rubric used to score the writing samples emphasizes structure over content.

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credulous (adj.)

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tending to believe too readily; gullible, naive

That scultpure in the lobby was so obviously a fake that it would convince only the most credulous person; after all, the "gold" left something that looked suspiciously like paint on our fingers when we touched the sculpture.

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beatify (v.)

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to bless, make happy, or ascribe a virtue to; to regard as saintly

My only interaction with others will be to smile beatifically at them from within my self-contained world of stillness and piety

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turbid (adj.)

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muddy, having sediment stirred up, clouded to the point of being opaque, in a state of turmoil

The coffee was so turbid from the grounds that seeped through the filter that it looked like mud.
Grace's mind was so turbid with anxieties over how she was going to handle the next day that she couldn't sleep all night.

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gauche (adj.)

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crude, awkward, tasteless

His gauche comment about their host made everyone around him uncomfortable

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foment (v.)

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to stir up, incite, rouse, provoke, instigate, agitate, whip up

Although they accused Kayla of fomenting the protest, she had actually been the one trying to calm everyone down.

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amalgamate (v.)

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Blend, fuse, meld, unite

to combine several elements into a whole

In order to write a good personal statement, you must amalgamate your past successes with your future goals.

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canon (n.)

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an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature.
Principle, rule, law, tenet, precept

She was forever violating the canons of polite conversation by asking questions that were far too personal for the circumstances.

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relegate (v.)

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to forcibly assign, especially to a lower place or position

As the youngest member of the troupe, I was relegated to the back end of the dancing donkey costume.

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burgeon (v.)

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to grow rapidly or flourish, thrive, prosper, grow, mushroon

When the wildflowers burgeon in April and May we know that spring has truly arrived.

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gainsay (v.)

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to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose

It is difficult to gainsay the critics when every new movie the director makes is a flop.

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beguile (v.)

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to deceive by guile, or to charm

She beguiled us all by batting her lashes, right before she picked our pockets

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neophyte (n.)

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a recent convert; a beginner; novice

As a neophyte at archery, I was just happy I didn't put out anyone's eye my first few times.

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attenuate (v.)

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to rarefy, weaken or make thinner, lessen

I could feel all this old pain of lost love and past mistakes attenuating before my eyes, diminishing at last through the famous healing powers of time, patience and the grace of God.

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phlegmatic (adj.)

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calm, sluggish, unemotional, stoic

His phlegmatic response to the question revealed nothing of what he was feeling, if he was feeling anything at all.