Exam Vocab Flashcards
(103 cards)
1
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Using Several languages
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Polyglot
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New word
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Neologism
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Study of languages
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Linguistics
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Crude
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Vulgar
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Name or title
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Appellation
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A name is used to make a word
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Eponym
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Particular manner of speaking
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Parlance
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Nonstandard dialect
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Patois
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Explanatory note
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Annotation
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Funny/ confusion of words
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Malapropism
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Contingent
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Conditional
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Eventuality
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A possibility
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Implausible
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Unlikely
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Inconceivable
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Impossible to fully grasp
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Theoretical
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Unproven
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In vain
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Without success
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Prone
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Likely to do
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Preposterous
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Absurd
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Prechance
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Perhaps
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Proclivity
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Inclination
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Volatile
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Wide variation
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Malleable
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Able to be shape
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Evolve
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To develop slowly
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Modulate
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To adjust
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Transmute
To change form
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Metamorphosis
A transformation
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Immutable
Unchangable
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Inveterate
Established
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Sporadic
Irregular
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Protean
Taking on different forms
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Faculty
Ability
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Ruminate
To think deeply about
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Tenet
Principle or belief
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Surmise
To guess
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Stymie
To frustrate
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Cerebral
Brain
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Ascertain
Discover
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Obfuscate
Make more difficult
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Abstruse
Hard to understand
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Acumen
Insight
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Oblique
Not direct
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Abstemious
Restriction to bare
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Evasion
Clever avoidance
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Elude
Avoid capture
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Eschew
To avoid
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Shirk
Neglect
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Malinger
To fake illness to avoid work
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Circumvent
To go around
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Abeyance
Suspension
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Shun
To willfully ignore
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Penultimate
Next to last
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Crux
Key point
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Terminate
To end
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Degradation
To decline
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Initiate
To begin
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Supersede
Replace
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Tangential
Irrelevant
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Converge
Come together
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Sequel
Next in a series
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Pivotal
Crucial
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Vitriolic
Harsh/ bitter
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Rebuke
To criticize sharply
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Scurrilous
Vulgar
64
Disapprobation
Moral disapproval
65
Ostracize
To banish
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Spurn
To reject
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Compunction
Unease due to guilt
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Revulsion
Disgust
69
Aspersions
Damaging remarks
70
Derision
Ridicule
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Remiss
Lax or careless
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Negligence
Lack of proper care or attention
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Mandatory
Required
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Liability
Handicap
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Assiduous
Conscience
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Feckless
Ineffective
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Incumbent
Holding a position or office
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Default
Fail to do a obligations
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Accountable
Responsible
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Onerous
Difficult to bear
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Assiduous
Conscience
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Feckless
Ineffective
83
Incumbent
Holding a position or office
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Presumptuous
Boldly improper
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Propitiate
Calm or smooth
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Balk
To stop short
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Camaraderie
Good will ; friendship
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Cantankerous
Quarrelsome
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Compliance
Obedience
90
Tractable
Manageable
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Volition
own free will
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Acquiesce
To agree/ accept
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Adamant
Stubborn
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Prescient
Having foresight
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Proficient
Throughly capable
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Prowess
Superior skill
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Inept
Incompetent
98
Acuity
Sharpness
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Consummate
Skilled or accomplished
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Cunning
Cleverness
101
Deft
Quick
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Endowment
Natural ability
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Facile
Easy
