LIST 5B Flashcards

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Implement

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To put into practice

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Impede

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To interfere with; to hinder

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Improvise

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To be spontaneous; to make up as one goes along

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Inaugurate

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To make a formal beginning

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Incompatible

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Badly matched; not getting alone well together

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Inconstant

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Changing

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Indictment

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Accusation; criticism

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Indistinct

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Not clear

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Inelastic

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Rigid; firm

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Infestation

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Swarms of insects or animals

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Injurious

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Harmful

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Inquisitor

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Harsh questioner

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Inspire

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To motivate; to encourage

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Insurgent

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Rebel

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Interminable

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Endless

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Introspective

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Examining ones own thoughts

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Irony

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Use of words to express the opposite meaning

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Jovial

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Happy; jolly

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Laudable

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Deserving praise

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Legible

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Readable

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Loathe

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To hate

21
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Lukewarm

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  1. Moderately warm

2. Not enthusiastic

22
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Luster

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Shine; glow

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Marginal

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Small amount; unimportant

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Medieval

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Pertaining to Middle Ages

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Merit

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Worth; value

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Metropolitan

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Pertaining to the city

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Mill

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Instrument used to grind something

28
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Metropolitan

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Pertaining to the city

29
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Mill

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Instrument used to grind

30
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Misconception

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Mistaken idea

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Monarch

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King or queen

32
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Muddled

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Confused

33
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Mystify

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To confuse; to make unclear

34
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Nostalgic

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Longing for the good old days

35
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Obsolete

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Out - of - date, no longer in use

36
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Oppress

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To dominate in a cruel way

37
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Orthodox

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Traditional; standard; conventional