LIST 3B Flashcards
(109 cards)
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Immobilize
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To prevent from moving
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Illicit
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Illegal
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Impassive
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Showing no feeling; calm
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Implant
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To put into something
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Impound
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- To seize and keep by law
2. To put in prison
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Inadvertent
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Unintentional; accidental
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Incentive
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Reward; encouragement
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Incongruous
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Strange; out of place
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Indebted
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Owing Money or gratitude
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Indiscriminate
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Random; making no distinctions
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Indulgent
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Pampering; spoiling
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Infamous
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Famous in a bad way
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Inhibit
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To hold back; to keep in
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Inpatient
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A person who stays overnight in a hospital for treatment
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Insolvent
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Having no money
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Instrumental
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Helpful; important
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Intelligible
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Understandable
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Intriguing
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Very interesting
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Invert
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To turn upside down or inside out
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Itinerant
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- Traveler
2. Traveling; wandering
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Jocular
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Joking; humorous
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Juvenile
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Immature
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Kinsfolk
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Relatives; family members
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Lapse
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- Slight error
- Backsliding
- Passage of time
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Leash
1. Device for controlling a dog
| 2. To control
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Linguistics
The study of language
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Lubricant
Something that makes a surface slippery and smooth
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Lure
1. Bait; temptation
| 2. To attempt
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Manipulate
To make things happen as one wishes
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Meddling
Interfering
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Mendable
Fixable
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Meteorologist
Scientist who studies the weather
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Migratory
Moving from one place to another
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Minuscule
Tiny
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Mitt
Glove to wear while playing baseball
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Mosaic
A richly decorate picture made from small tiles
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Muted
Lowered; softened
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Nonentity
A nobody; a person without ability or character
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Noxious
Harmful
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Obscure
1. Unclear; vague
| 2. To confuse
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Opaque
1. Hard to understand
| 2. Not see through
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Optimum
Best; most favorable
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Overcome
To beat; to triumph over
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Paranoia
Irrational belief that Everyone is out to harm you
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Passive
Not active
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Pending
Unsettled; undecided
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Persecute
To treat poorly, especially because of religious or political beliefs
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Philanthropic
Promoting social good; generous
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Plagiarism
Stealing someone else's words or ideas
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Polo
Game played on horseback
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Practicioner
One who practices a particular profession
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Predator
A destroyer; an animal that kills for food
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Premature
Happening before expected time
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Prescriptive
Giving directions or instructions
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Pretext
Pretense; excuse
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Procrastinate
To delay
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Promiscuous
Not choosy; having sex with many partners
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Prosper
To succeed; to become wealthy
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Purposeful
Determined
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Quantitative
Describing in terms of number or quantity
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Ramble
1. To talk in a disconnected manner
| 2. To stroll aimlessly
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Raucous
Harsh- sounding
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Reckless
Very careless; highly irresponsible
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Recollect
To remember
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Referree
Official at a sports match
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Regal
Fit for a king; royal
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Regulate
To control; to keep order
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Relevant
Important; pertinent
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Remote
Distant; far away
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Repentance
Expression of guilt or sorrow
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Reserved
1. Quiet
| 2. Saved
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Resolve
To decide; to settle
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Resume
To begin again; to continue
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Righteousness
Moral correctness or justice
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Rout
1. A crushing defeat
2. To force out
2. To defeat badly
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Saturate
To soak thoroughly; to fill
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sedative
Tranquilizer
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Serviceable
Useful; ready for service
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Shabby
Of poor quality; worn
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Singular
1. Individual
| 2. Unusual
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Smug
Very pleased with oneself
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Soluble
Able to be dissolved
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Spectrum
The entire range of something
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Sprint
To run fast for a short distance
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Stalemate
Situation where no one wins; draw or tie
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Stern
Strict; harsh
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Subdue
1. To bring under control
| 2 to conquer
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Suffocation
Choking from lack of oxygen
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Surpass
To go beyond the limits of something; to exceed
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Syllabus
List of assignments for a class
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Systematic
Organized; methodical
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Talisman
Magical charm
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Taper
To become narrower; to decrease
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Tentacles
Animal limbs used to feel or grab
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Theoretical
In the realm of ideas; not based on practical experience
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Tranquil
Calm
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Treadmill
1. Exercise device used for walking
| 2. Boring routine
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Turbulent
Stormy
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Umpire
Official in a baseball game
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Unconscionable
Mortally shocking; outrageous
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Unfounded
Without basis; groundless
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Unprecedented
New; occurring for the first time
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Urban
From the city
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Vague
Unclear
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Velocity
Speed
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Vessel
1. Boat or ship
| 2. Container
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Vigilant
Watchful; alert
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Welfare
Well- being
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Zest
Enthusiasm
