ASVAB Vocab Flashcards by Natalie Vocque

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Abrupt

adjective

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Beginning, ending, or changing suddenly

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Acrid

adjective

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harshly pungent or bitter

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Becalm

verb

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to make quiet

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Buffoon

noun

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a clown

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Chaos

noun

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utter disorder & confusion

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Cognizant

adjective

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taking notice of something

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Defer

verb

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to put off or delay to a later time

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Derision

noun

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the act of ridiculing or making fun of something

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Effulgence

noun

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splendor

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Enmity

noun

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hatred

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Famish

verb

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to cause extreme hunger or thrist

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Fealty

noun

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loyalty

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Generalize

verb

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to draw general inferences

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Grotto

noun

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a small cavern

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Habitual

adjective

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according to usual practice

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Hideous

adjective

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extremely ugly or appaling

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Ichthyic

adjective

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fish-like

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Icon

noun

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an image or likeness

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Illusion

noun

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an unreal image

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Irritate

verb

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to excite ill temper or impatience in something

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Jovial

adjective

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merry

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Juxtapose

verb

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to place close together

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Kernel

noun

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a grain or seed

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Kinsfolk

noun

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relatives

Laggard | adjective/noun

falling behind or one who lags behind

Laud | verb

to praise

Maize | noun

native american corn

Malevolence | noun

ill will

Nestle | verb

to adjust cozily in snug quarters

Novice | noun

beginner

Obese | adjective

exceedingly fat

Obtrude | verb

to be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence

Pare | verb

to cut, shave, or remove the outside from anything

Pedagogue | noun

a schoolmaster

Quadrate | verb

to divide into quarters

Quiescence | noun

quietness

Rancor | noun

malice

Raucous | adjective

harsh

Sanguine | adjective

cheerfully optimistic or having the color of blood

Sepulcher | noun

a burial place

Teem | verb

to be full to overflowing

Tenacious | adjective

unyielding

Umbrage | noun

injury or offense

Vacillate | verb

to waver

Valid | adjective

founded on truth

Velocity | noun

speed

Wile | noun

an act or a means of cunning deception

Wizen | verb

to become or cause to become withered or dry

Yokel | noun

country bumpkin

Zealot | noun

one who espouses a cause or pursues an object in an immoderately partisan manner