Hard words in reading comprehensions Flashcards

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Anomaly

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Unexpected or abnormal

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Illusory

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Based on an illusion

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Append

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To add to the end

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Analogous

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Similar in a sense, but otherwise different

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Rustic

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Old-fashioned and simple

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Grave

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Very serious

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Transitory

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Temporary

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Congregate

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Coming together in a crowd

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Covert

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Secretive, concealed, or hidden

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Instrumental

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A factor that is vital to a process

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Exhaustive

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Intricate, complete, and detailed

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Ailment

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A minor problem causing slight physical discomfort

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Probe

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Examining something with your hands or tools

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Twilight

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Time of evening right before complete darkness

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Counterpart

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A person or thing with the same function but in a different location

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Vanquish

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Slaying in a competition or fight

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Strenuous

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Something that takes a lot of physical and mental effort

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Encroach

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Getting very close to an acceptable limit

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Blunt

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Not very sharp

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Astute

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To make a decision based off of important examinations

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Perplex

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Confuse or puzzling

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Mundane

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Boring

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Preposterous

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Ridiculous and unbelievable

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Negate

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Bring down something that was positive

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Orient
To physically align yourself with something OR explore something
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Retain
To keep and to continue
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Heritable
Something that is transferable genetically
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Nautical
Concerning marine and or the navy
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Iteration and reiteration
Repeating something for a specific result
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Clandestine
Secretive, usually of something illicit
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Volatile
Easily evaporated at normal temperatures
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Deploy
Distribute
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Augment
Increase
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Relics
Remains
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Fostered
Encouraged
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Deviant
Deviating from expected standards
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Ascribing
Attributing to..
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Density
Heaviness
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Precipitation vs perspiration
Rain vs sweat
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Irrigation
The supply of water required to grow crops
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Ingenuity
En-jun-newety Cleverness
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In correspondance
In communications
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Singular personality
unique, exceptional
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Splintered
Break in pieces
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Dwarfed
Dominated
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Engendered
Give rise to, the cause of an effect
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Omniscient
Omnishint Knowing everything
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Automate
Substitution of computers and technologies with humans
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Ornate
A lot of complicated decorations
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Quarry
Kwowry A large hole that builders dig to get all the materials necessary to build
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Platform
A flat raised area or structure
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Occupant
A person who lives or works in a building
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Landmark
An easily recognizable building
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Refute
Proving something or someone wrong
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Implausible
An unbelievable statement being described
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Obsolete
Not used anymore *in a sense of something*
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Pivotal
Extremely important for the success of something
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Paradox
A situation that seems impossible because it is made of opposite things. Eg: drinking hot tea to feel cool.
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Novel
Interestingly new and different
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Devise
Plan or create a new method of thinking
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Apathetc
Opposite of sympathetic,, lack of emotion
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Superfluous
Too much, more than is desired or needed
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Viable
Possibility to be done successfully
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Meager
Insufficient in amount
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Irrevocable
Impossible to be reversed
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Futile
Without the possibility of success
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Affluent
Wealthy
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Tenacious
Unchanging and stubborn
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Scores
Large number of something
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Intersperce
Inserted between other things
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Dormant
Inactive now, active later
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Remnant
Something that is left when most is gone
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Synthesize
2 different things combined => one
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Feasible
Able to be done without a problem
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Uppheaval
A violent, sudden, massive change
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Agile
Moving quickly and lightly
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Perpetuate
Foster or engender
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Yield
To produce or cause after a process
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Conspicuous
Easy to see
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Desist
To stop doing
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Evade
To avoid
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Arduous
Requires a lot of effort
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Sheer
Only (to emphasize the largeness of something)
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Intrinsic
Essential- without it there is nothing
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Fragrant
A good smell
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Innate
Not learned, from birth
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Dreary
Sad and boring or colorless
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Procure
Obtain with a lot of effort
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Subsume
To contain or to include
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Ensue
Happen as a result
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Oblong
Longer in one direction
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Proliferate
To grow in number very quickly
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Jagged
Uneven and sharp
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Calamity
Kuhlamity An event leading to a lot of loss and pain
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Confer
Meet and discuss b4 deciding
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Liable
Likely to do or happen
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Elude vs allude
Evade vs imply
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Secluded
Hidden from view