LIST 2B Flashcards
(111 cards)
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Immaculate
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Clean; pure
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Idiom
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An expression of language
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Impartial
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Neutral; objective; not biased
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Imperious
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Bossy; acting like a king
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Imposition
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Inconvenience; burden
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Inaccessible
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- Not able to be reached or entered
2. Not understandable
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Incarcerate
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To imprison
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Inconclusive
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Without final results; indefinite
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Incurious
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Not curious; uncaring
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Indigenous
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Native; from a certain area
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Induced
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- Persuaded
2. Brought about
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Inevitable
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Unavoidable
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Inhabit
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To live in
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Innumerable
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Countless; to many to number
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Insistent
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Demanding; pushy
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Instigate
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To provoke
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Integrity
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Honesty; sincerity
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Intimate
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- Close
- To imply or suggest
- Thorough
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Inventory
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A list of the goods a business owns
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Irretrievable
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Impossible to bring back
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Jeopardy
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Danger; risk
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Junction
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Where two things meet; acting of joining
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Kindle
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To start a fire
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Landslide
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Rocks and Earth suddenly falling down a mountain
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Lax
Careless; lazy
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Linger
To hang around; to remain in one place
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Loiterer
One who Hangs around; one who acts aimlessly
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Luminous
Full of light
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Mandatory
Required
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Meager
1. Thin
| 2. Not enough
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Megaphone
Device used to make ones Voice louder
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Metaphor
Literary comparison
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Migrant
One who often changes his or her place of living
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Minnow
Small fish
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Mishap
Accident
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Monotony
Single, inchanging tone; boredom
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Mutability
Changeability
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Nick
To cut slightly
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Novel
New; unusual
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Oblige
1. To do a favor
| 2. To "feel obliged" is to feel like you owe someone something
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Oceanographer
One who studies oceans
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Optimism
Positive attitude
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Outcast
Someone not accepted by society
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Paradox
An apparent contradiction
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Passable
1. Able to be traveled through
| 2. Barely satisfactory
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Peer
1. An equal; companion
| 2. To look curiously
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Perplex
To confuse
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Phenomenon
Occurrence; fact or circumstance
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Pittance
Small amount
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Polarize
To divide into opposing groups
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PostScript
A note added to a finished letter or book
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Precursor
One who comes before someone else
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Preeminent
Superior; above others
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Prescribe
To lay down as a rule
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Pretentious
Pretending to be someone you're not; posing
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Probing
Exploring; searching for information
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Prominent
Standing out; notable
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Prose
Ordinary language
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Pseudonym
False name
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Qualitative
Relating to quality
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Radical
1. Extremist
| 2. Extreme
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Rational
Logical; reasonable; sensible
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Recital
Musical performance
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Recoil
To draw back in alarm or horror
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Red tape
Official routines that delay action, a symbol of inefficiency
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Refugee
One who needs protection
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Regressive
Going backward
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Rejuvenate
To bring back the youthful strength or appearance
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Remorse
Regret; sorrow for having done wrong
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Repel
To force back; to reject
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Resent
To feel angry or bitter toward
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Resolution
1. Purpose; determination
| 2. Settlement of a problem
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Restrain
To hold back
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rift
1. Crack or fracture
| 2. To divide
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Robust
Strong
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Ruthless
Cruel
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Sage
1. Wise
| 2. A wise person
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Seasonal
Once each season; periodic
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Serene
Calm; peaceful
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Severity
Harshness; seriousness
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Shunned
Rejected; refused
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Smirk
To smile in a self - satisfied way
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Solitude
Isolation; being alone
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Span
The distance between two items
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Spouse
Husband or wife
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Stale
1. Tasteless
2. Old
3. Overused
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Stereotype
Oversimplified opinion; generalization based on perceived pattern
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Stubble
1. Short stalks of grain
| 2. Short, unshaven hairs
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Suburbanite
One who lives outside of a city
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Surge
To increase suddenly
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Sycophant
Asskisser; kissass
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Synthetic
Man made; artificial
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Taint
Trace of something bad
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Tangible
Touchable; clear and certain
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Tenacious
Persisting; firm;
| Unyielding
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Terse
Short and to the point
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Toxic
Poisonous or harmful
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Treachery
Deceitful ness; betrayal
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Turbulence
Storminess; sudden movements
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Ultramodern
Very new; very modern
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Unconditional
Without conditions; absolute
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Unfashionable
Not stylish; unpopular
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Unmask
To reveal
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Uproarious
Extremely funny
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Vaccinate
To give a short that protects against disease
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Veil
1. Cloth used to cover the face
| 2. To hide; to mask thinly
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Verify
To prove; to confirm
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Vibrant
Lively
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Weld
To join metals or plastics by heating
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Yielding
Giving in; submitting
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Zeal
Enthusiasm
