100 vocab words

Question 1

Cognate

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A word related to another word in a different language

Question 2

Inflection

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A change in the form of a word

Question 3

Orthography

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The study of language’s writing or spelling system

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Paradigm

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A model for a way of viewing things

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Philology

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Study of the history of language

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Phonology

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The sound system of a language

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Rejoinder

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An answer to a reply; witty response

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Rhetoric

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The study of using language effectively

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Succinct

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Clear and precise; using few words

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Syntax

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How words are arranged

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Belie

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To misrepresent

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Clandestine

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Done in secret

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Disingenuous

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Not telling the whole truth

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Dissemble

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To hide one’s feelings or motives behind a false appearance

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Forthright

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Direct, honest

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Nefarious

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Infamous

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Perfidious

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Treacherous

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Probity

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Total integrity; uprightness

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Scrupulous

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Conscientious and exact

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Spurious

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Fake;not authentic

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Concomitant

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Occurring simultaneously

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Eon

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Longest division of geologic time

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Extant

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Still in existence

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Hiatus

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Gap in space, time, or continuity

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Inure

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Accustom to hardship

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Irrevocable

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Irreversible

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Millennium

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One thousand years

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Perpetuity

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An eternity

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Pristine

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Unspoiled

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Transience

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Brief existence

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Buffoon

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A clown or jester

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Farce

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An exaggerated comic play

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Irony

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Deliberate use of words to convey the opposite of their literal meaning

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Jocular

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Characterized by a joking manner

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Lampoon

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A written piece that pokes fun or ridicules

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Levity

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A light and humorous manner

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Parody

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A comic imitation that exaggerates

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Raillery

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Good-natured teasing

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Regale

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To entertain

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Satirical

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Humorously critical; using sarcasm

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Adumbrate

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To describe vaguely

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Arcane

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Mysterious

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Covert

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Hidden or concealed

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Educe

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To draw out

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Fathom

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To comprehend

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Impenetrable

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Impossible to break through

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Impervious

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Incapable of being affected

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Limpid

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Calm and serene

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Manifest

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To show or demonstrate plainly; to reveal

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Nebulous

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Cloudy; hazy

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Adjunct

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Attached in a subordinate position

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Amalgamate

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To unite

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Compatriot

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A colleague

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Conclave

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A secret meeting

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Contiguous

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Adjacent

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Diffuse

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Widely spread or scattered

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Diverge

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To branch out

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Parity

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Equality

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Synergy

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The interaction of merged forces resulting in greater effect

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Transcend

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To surpass

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Axiomatic

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Self-evident

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Definitive

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Authoritative and complete

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Dialectic

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The exchange of opposing logical arguments

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Empirical

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Relying on observation

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Presuppose

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To assume beforehand

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Rationalize

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To explain away with self-satisfying but incorrect reasons

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Rebuttal

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Disproving an argument

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Repudiate

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To reject the validity of

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Tenuous

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Flimsy

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Verifiable

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Provable

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Bedlam

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Noisy confusion

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Bowdlerize

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To abridge and simplify a work

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Chauvinism

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A prejudiced belief in the superiority of ones group

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Draconian

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Very severe

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Martinet

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A rigid disciplinarian

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Maudlin

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Overly sentimental

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Mesmerize

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To enthrall

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Silhouette

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An outline against a dark background

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Stentorian

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Extremely loud

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Titanic

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Enormous

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Exalt

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To glorify or praise

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Exhort

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To appeal strongly

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Garrulous

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Wordy and rambling

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Gist

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The essence; the central idea

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Histrionic

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Excessively dramatic

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Laconic

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Terse

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Peremptory

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Not allowing refusal

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Polemic

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A controversial argument

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Vivacious

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Lively

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Vociferous

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Offensively loud and forceful

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Atrophy

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To wither away

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Debilitate

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To sap the energy of

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Livid

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Black-and-blue

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Moribund

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About to die

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Noxious

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Poisonous

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Pestilence

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A usually fatal epidemic disease

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Prostrate

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To reduce to extreme weakness

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Salubrious

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Favorable to good health

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Scourge

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A cause of great devastation

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Unscathed

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Completely uninjured