List 1b Flashcards
(109 cards)
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Illustrious
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Famous
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Ideology
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Set of ideas typical or a social or political group
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Impair
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To make worse
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Imperceptible
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Not able to be seen or heard
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Impose
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To force on others
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Impulse
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Sudden urge
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Incapacitated
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Lacking physical or legal powers
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Incompetence
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Inability to function properly
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Incriminate
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To show proof of involvement in a crime
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Indifferent
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Lack of interest or feeling; apathetic
Example: (What do ignorant and indifferent mean? I don’t know and i don’t care.)
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Indistinguishable
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Identical; hard to tell apart
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Inert
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Lacking the power to move; inactive
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Infinite
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Unlimited
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Innovate
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To be creative; to do something new
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Insight
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A sudden understanding
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Instantaneous
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Immediate
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Integral
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Important
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Intervention
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Interference
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Intuition
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A hunch or feeling about something
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Irreparable
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Unfixable
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Jack
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Devise for lifting something heavy
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Judicious
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Wise
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Kernel
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The central or important part
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Labored
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Done with great effort
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Lavish
1. (Adj.) extravagant
| 2. (V.) to give away in large amounts
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Lethargic
Tired; lazy
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Lofty
1. Very tall or high in the air
2. Noble in thoughts or aims
3. Acting with a superior attitude
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Lull
1. (N.) a quiet pause
2. (V.) to sooth
3. (V.) to gain someone's trust
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Luxuriant
1. Richly decorated
| 2. Growing abundantly
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Malice
Hatred
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Matriculate
To enter or to enroll (usually to a college)
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Medly
Group of songs strung together
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Meritorious
Having value; deserving praise
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Microbe
Tiny, microscopic organism
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Mine
1. (N.) place where metal is found
| 2. (V.) to dig for metal
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Miser
A person who hates to spend money
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Monarchy
A state ruled by a king or queen
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Multiplicity
Involving more than one
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Negligence
Carelessness; oversight
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Notorious
Famous for being bad
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Objective
1. (N.) goal
| 2. (Adj.) neutral; impartial; without feelings
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Obstinate
Stubborn
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Optician
Eye doctor
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Oscillate
To move back and fourth
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Painstaking
Very careful
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Partisan
Supporter of an idea or a cause
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Pedestrian
1. (N.) one who travels by foot
| 2. (Adj.) commonplace; ordinary; banal; unimaginative
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Perpetual
Everlasting; continuing forever
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Petty
Of little importance; trivial
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Pitiable
Worthy of sympathy
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Poised
1. Ready
| 2. In control of one's emotions and behavior
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Portfolio
A set of pictures or documents
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Preconceived
Planned in advance
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Prescience
Foresight; ability to predict the future
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Presume
To take for granted; to believe without reason
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Principled
Moral; ethical
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Progressive
Moving forward
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Prophet
1. One who predicts future events
| 2. Messenger from god
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Prudent
Careful
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Quake
To shake or tremble
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Radiate
To give off
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Rash
Hurried; without thinking
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Recipient
One who recieves
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Reclusive
Living alone; secluded
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Recurrent
Repetitive; happening again
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Refuge
A shelter from danger
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Regional
Of a particular geographic area
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Reinstate
To restore; to put back into a former position
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Remission
Temporary weakening of force
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Renovate
To repair; to restore
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Reputability
Being well thought of; respectability
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Resist
To fight against
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Restore
To bring back to a former or normal condition
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Ripple
Small wave on the surface
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Rural
From the country
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Saccharine
Overly sweet; falsely kind
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Scrutinize
To examine carefully
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Sentiment
Feeling or emotion
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Sever
To separate; to cut
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Shrug
To raise one's shoulders ("i don't know")
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Sluggish
Slow-moving
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Solidarity
Togetherness
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Spontaneity
Suddenness; impulsiveness
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Stained
1. Discolored
| 2. Dishonored
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Static
Not moving; not changing
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Stroke
A single deliberate movement or action
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Subtle
Not easily seen; difficult to understand
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Suppress
To keep down by force; to keep secret
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Sustain
To maintain; to keep up
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Synthesis
Combination of parts to create a whole
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Tact
Ability to do or say the right thing at the right time
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Tanent
Sudden change of topic
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Temperament
Mood, character
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Terrestrial
Of the earth
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Trawler
Fishing boat
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Troupe
A group of performers
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Ultimate
1. Final
| 2. Best
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Unbounded
Without limits
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Unethical
Immoral
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Universal
Widespread
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Uphold
To enforce; to support
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Utterance
Something spoken
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Vacant
1. Empty
| 2. Without expression
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Vandal
One who damages property
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Verbose
Using more words than are necessary (in other words, using more words than are necessary to succinctly, briefly, clearly, tersely, concisely and effectively convey a meaning)
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Vulgar
Crude; lacking culture
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Weary
Tired
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Witticism
Clever remark; witty comment
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Zany
Crazy
