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Group 2 Flashcards

1
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Amalgamate

A

to combine several elements into a whole

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2
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Assuage

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to ease or lessen; to appease or pacify

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3
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Bolster

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to provide support or reinforcement

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4
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Burgeon

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to grow rapidly or flourish

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5
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Buttress

A

a support or prop; often an external prop use to bolster a wall

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6
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Capricious

A

incline to change one’s mind impulsively; erratic, unpredictable

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7
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Catalyst

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a person or thing that causes change

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8
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Caustic

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burning or stinging; causing corrosion

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9
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Centrifuge

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a machine that spins swiftly about a central axis, and, using centrifugal force, separates disparate substances

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10
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Converge

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to tend toward the same spot or outcome; to incline to join at an intersecting point

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11
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Conversion

A

the act or process of transforming to another form, state, or product

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12
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Corrosion

A

act or process of causing deterioration; a wearing away, especially of metals

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13
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Decibel

A

unit used in measuring the intensity of sound, usually in relation to another sound

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14
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Desiccate

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to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull

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15
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Distill

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to purify or concentrate through a process of vaporization and concentration

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16
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Divest

A

to remove or strip, especially clothing

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17
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Enervate

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to weaken; to reduce in vitality

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18
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Ephemeral

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brief; fleeting

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19
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Eradicate

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to remove completely; to annihilate; to pull out by the roots

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20
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Expel

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to force out; to discharge

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21
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Extend

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to lengthen or stretch out

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22
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Facilitate

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to aid by making easier

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23
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Implode

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to abruptly and violently collapse inward

24
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Inchoate

A

in an initial stage; not fully formed

25
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Incubation

A

the act of sitting on or otherwise warming eggs in order to keep them at a temperature favorable for hatching

26
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Infuse

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to imbue; to pour in; to introduce; to instill

27
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Intransigent

A

refusing to compromise

28
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Inundate

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to flood or overwhelm

29
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Invigoration

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the quality of being energized or filled with liveliness

30
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Lackluster

A

dull; lacking vitality or luminosity

31
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Lethargic

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lacking energy; sluggish or sleepy

32
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Luminous

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characterized by brightness and the emission of light

33
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Obviate

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to anticipate and make unnecessary

34
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Pervasive

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having the tendency to permeate or spread throughout

35
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Placate

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to appease; to calm by making concessions

36
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Plod

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to trudge; to move slowly and heavily

37
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Plummet

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to plunge or drop straight down

38
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Precipitate

A

to act with excessive haste or impulse

39
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Precursor

A

one that precedes and indicates or announces another

40
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Proliferate

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to grow or increase swiftly and abundantly

41
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Propagate

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to cause to spread, multiple, or reproduce

42
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Prune

A

to cut back or clip branches or other parts of a plant, especially parts that are dead or unnecessary

43
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Rarefy

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to make or become thing; less dense; to refine

44
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Rectify

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to make right or fix; to correct

45
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Retard

A

to slow, delay, or hamper

46
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Saturate

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to fill until there is no further capacity for absorbance; to soak

47
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Sever

A

to remove or separate by cutting off

48
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Stimulant

A

an invigorating substance that excites mental or physical activity

49
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Synthesis

A

the combination of parts to make a whole

50
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Tentative

A

not definite; uncertain; experimental

51
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Vigor

A

active bodily or mental strength or energy; force

52
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Viscous

A

Thick; sticky

53
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Vital

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essential for or relating to life; necessary

54
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Vitality

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Vigor; ability to live or grow; energy

55
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Volatile

A

readily changing to a vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive

56
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Waver

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to move to and fro; to sway; to be unsettled in decision

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