L+L 10 100 Vocab words: A Flashcards

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Acumen

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Ability to make quick decisions and good judgements

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Adapt

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Make (something) suitable for new use or purpose; modify

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Admonish

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Warn or reprimand someone firmly

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Adopt

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Chose to take up, follow or use / to legally take (a child) and bring it up as one’s own

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Advocate

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A person who publicly supports or recommends a particular cause or policy

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Affluent

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Having a great deal of money, wealth / a great quantity of water flowing

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Alias

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Used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name

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Ambivalent

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Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone

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Antiseptic

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Relating to or denoting substances that prevent the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

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Antithesis

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A person or thing that is the direct opposite of someone or something else

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Apathetic

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Showing or feeling no interest, concern or enthusiasm.

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system / unrestrained and autocratic in the use of authority.

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Austere

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Severe or strict in manner, attitude or appearance.

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