List #2 Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Plagiarism

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The theft of someone else’s work

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Preclude

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To make impossible, prevent

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3
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Bungler

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A clumsy person

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4
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Dissonance

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Disagreement

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5
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Distend

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To expand, extend

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Predilection

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Preference, liking

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Willful

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Stubborn

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Confound

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To confuse

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9
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Torpor

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Inactivity

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Hackneyed

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Overused, stale

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Invective

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An insulting or abusive expression

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Uniform

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Identical, similar

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Banal

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Unoriginal

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Consequence

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Result, outcome

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Tangible

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Real, capable of being touched

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Penchant

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Stagnate

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To lie motionless

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Exasperate

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To anger or irritate

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Placate

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To calm the anger of

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Bolster

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To support, to prop up

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Instigate

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To provoke to action

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Kindle

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To excite, stir up

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Emaciated

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Starved; extremely thin

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Opaque

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Impenetrable by light

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Fitful
Irregular; inconsistent
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Irascible
Short-tempered; irritable
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Circumspection
Caution
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Civil
Polite, courteous
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Loath
To hate
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Score
The written form of a piece of music
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Morose
Sad, sorrowful
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Unprecedented
Never before known or experienced
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Mundane
Ordinary
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Refined
Polite
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Assiduous
Working devotedly and carefully
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Amass
To pile up, collect
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Brusque
Rudely brief