List #2 Flashcards
(37 cards)
1
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Plagiarism
A
The theft of someone else’s work
2
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Preclude
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To make impossible, prevent
3
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Bungler
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A clumsy person
4
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Dissonance
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Disagreement
5
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Distend
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To expand, extend
6
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Predilection
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Preference, liking
7
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Willful
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Stubborn
8
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Confound
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To confuse
9
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Torpor
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Inactivity
10
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Hackneyed
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Overused, stale
11
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Invective
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An insulting or abusive expression
12
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Uniform
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Identical, similar
13
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Banal
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Unoriginal
14
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Consequence
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Result, outcome
15
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Tangible
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Real, capable of being touched
16
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Penchant
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Liking
17
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Stagnate
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To lie motionless
18
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Exasperate
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To anger or irritate
19
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Placate
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To calm the anger of
20
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Bolster
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To support, to prop up
21
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Instigate
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To provoke to action
22
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Kindle
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To excite, stir up
23
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Emaciated
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Starved; extremely thin
24
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Opaque
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Impenetrable by light
25
Fitful
Irregular; inconsistent
26
Irascible
Short-tempered; irritable
27
Circumspection
Caution
28
Civil
Polite, courteous
29
Loath
To hate
30
Score
The written form of a piece of music
31
Morose
Sad, sorrowful
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Unprecedented
Never before known or experienced
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Mundane
Ordinary
34
Refined
Polite
35
Assiduous
Working devotedly and carefully
36
Amass
To pile up, collect
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Brusque
Rudely brief