LSAT Vocab Flashcards
(104 cards)
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Inductive
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Inference of general laws from specific instance
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Invariably
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Always
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stopgap
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temporary solution
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laudable
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commendable/deserving of praise
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inappréciable
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too insignificant to be valued
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pander
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gratify or indulge an immoral or tasteful desire
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piecemeal
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unsystematic, partial measures taken over time
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effected
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caused/brought about by
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contention
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assertion/disagreement
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extant
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surviving
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ecclesiastical
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relating to christian church or its clergy
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espouse
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adopt or support
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jurisprudence
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a theory or philosophy of law/a legal system
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jurisprudence
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a theory or philosophy of law/a legal system
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metes
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dispenses justice/punishment
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eschewing
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deliberately avoid/abstain
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reconcile
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to make consistent with another /to make someone accept
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posterity
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all future generations of people
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culling
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to reduce the size of something by removing those parts with undesirable characteristics
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surreptitiously
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in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention/secretly
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equivocates
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uses ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
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shell game
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dishonest action used to deceive
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tacit
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understood or implied without being stated
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irradicate
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to root deeply or fix firmly
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pogrom
violent riot/massacre against ppl of a religion, ethnic or racial group, or national minority
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enumerate
expressly name, mention one by one
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tenuous
very weak or slight
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commensurate
corresponding in size or degree/ in proportion
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attrition
the action/process of gradually reducing strength or effectiveness of something through sustained attack or pressure
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countenances
a person’s face or facial expression
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support
OR
admits that something is acceptable or possible
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vindicated
freed from suspicion or guilt
OR
to justify, prove, or reinforce an idea
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confer
grant or bestow
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impugning
to attack or oppose something as false or lacking integrity
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proffer
to hold out something for acceptance /offer
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ostensible
stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
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austere
severe or strict in manner/appearance /plain and simple style
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analog
a person or thing seen as comparable to another
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admonish
warn/reprimand firmly (to avoid)
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egalitarian
principle that all people are equal / deserve equal rights/opportunities
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deciduous
a tree that sheds its leaves annually
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contemporaneously
simultaneously /exists together
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renegade
rejects lawful or conventional behavior/ deserter from one cause/faith to another
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perennial
lasting for long or infinite time/ enduring/ recurring
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chagrin
distress or embarrassant
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terse
abrupt/concise
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covenant
an agreement by lease, deed, or legal contract
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noxious
harmful/poisonous to health/wellbeing
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preponderance
a superiority in weight, power, importance
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majority
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predominance
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inexorable
impossible to stop or prevent or persuade
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tantamount
equivalent in seriousness to/virtually same as
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eminence
position of prominence or superiority/high rank
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hasten
cause something to happen sooner than it would, to be quick to do something, move hurriedly
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verbiage
writing or speech using too many words or excessively technical expressions
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verbiage
writing or speech using too many words or excessively technical expressions
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deleterious
causing harm or damage
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libel
damaging reputation of someone by making false statements
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epithet
adjective or descriptive phrase expressing quality or characteristic of a person or thing mentioned such as “Ivan the Great”
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specious
superficially plausible but actually wrong; misleadingly attractive
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envisage
contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event
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lamentable
deplorably bad/unsatisfactory conditions
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omnipotent
having unlimited power
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sovereign
title for highest leader, absolute, unchecked power
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meretricious
apparently attractive but having no real value or integrity
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ardent
enthusiastic or passionate
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prefatory
introductory
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vicissitude
a change in circumstances or fortune, typically an unfortunate or unpleasant one
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pernicious
having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way
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antipathy
deep seated feeling of dislike or aversion
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impetus
the force or energy with which a body moves, force that makes something happen
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untenable
not able to be maintained/defended
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abut
be next to / share common boundary
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argot
the jargon or slang of a group or class
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argot
the jargon or slang of a group or class
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windfall
a piece of unexpected good fortune, often receiving a large amount of money
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Harried
feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one ; harassed
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Windfall
a piece of unexpected good fortune, often in context of receiving money
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polemic
a speech or piece of writing expressing strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion on something or someone
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vindicated
clear someone of blame or suspicion
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recapitulate
summarize and state again the main points of something
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chastened
have a restraining or moderating effect on
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deference
humble submission and respect
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rejoinder
a reply, especially a sharp, witty one
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deference
humble submission and respect
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rejoinder
a reply, typically a witty, sharp one
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veracity
conformity to facts; accuracy/habitual truthfulness
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acrimony
bitterness or ill feeling
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candor
the quality of being open and honest
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extol
praise enthusiastically
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allay
diminish or put at rest/relieve or alleviate
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provenance
the place of origin or earliest known history of something
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fastidious
very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail /cleanliness
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vagrancy
the state of living as a vagrant/ homelessness
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endemic
regularly occurring within an area or community, native, restricted to a place
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venerated
regarded with great respect / revered
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axiom
a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true
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credence
a ready acceptance of something as true or real
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enjoin
prohibit someone from performing an action by issuing an injunction OR instruct or urge someone to do something
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dearth
a scarcity or lack of something
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repudiate
refuse to accept or be associated with OR refuse to fulfill (as in a contract)
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i’m
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injunction
an authoritative warning or order OR a judicial order restraining someone from starting or continuing something that threatens or invades the legal right of another
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tenacious
tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely to
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paucity
the presence of something only in small or insufficient quantities or amounts; scarcity
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avert
turn away; prevent or ward off
