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Kaplan 3 Flashcards

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Gamut

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The full range of something

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Galvanize

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To arouse suddenly, spur to action

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Garner

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To gather and store away, to acquire by effort

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Genteel

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Refines, polite, aristocratic

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Gratuitous

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Freely given, unnecessary, uncalled for

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Grimace

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To make an ugly disapproving facial expression

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Grovel

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To beg persistently, to degrade oneself

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Guile

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Cunning, deceptive

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Guise

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An external appearance

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Gullible

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Easily deceived

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Harbinger

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A precursor, an indication, one that foreshadows what is coming

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Herald

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To give notice, indicate

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Hersey

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Any belief that is strongly opposed to established beliefs

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Hiatus

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Any break or interruption from work or any other established routine

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Homage

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Reverence, respect

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Hubris

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Excessive pride, arrogance

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Hyperbole

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Extravagant exaggerated statement generally used as figure of speech

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Immaterial

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Insignificant

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Imminent

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About to occur,

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Immutable

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Something which is unchangable

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Imperious

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Commanding, lordly, arrogant

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Impotent

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Lacking power, helpless, unable to perform sexually

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Incessant

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Unceasing, never ending, flowing without interruption

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Incipient

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Beginning to be, in an early stage

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Incontrovertible

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Not disputable, not open to question

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Indigent

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Poverty stricken, needy

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Inept

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Clumsy, awkward

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Infamy

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An evil reputation born of a criminal act

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Inhibit

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To keep from free activity or expression, to restrain or even forbid

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Insidious

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Treacherous , sly, having a feudal effect

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Insipid

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Lacking taste, dull

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Intrepid

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Fearless, having fortitude and endurance

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Irreverent

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Disrespectful, gently or humorously mocking

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Jargon

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A specialized vocabulary of a group

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Jaunt

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A short pleasure trip

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Juxtapose

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To place side by side

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Latent

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Present but not visible or apparent

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Lax

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Careless , too relaxed

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Levity

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Lack of seriousness, frivolity

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Liaison

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Connection between different groups, a close bond

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Listless

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Lack or energy , spiritless

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Ostensibly

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outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
apparent, evident, or conspicuous: the ostensible truth of their theories.

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Redacted

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to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.

to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.).

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