Mid-term Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Detract

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To take away

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Destitute

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Without resources, lacking

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Impetus

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Anything that causes an action, increased activity resulting from a driving force

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Intermittent

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Not continuous

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Alacrity

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Promptness, eagerness

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Deduce

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Draw a conclusion

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Incontrovertible

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Unquestionable

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Ingenious

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Imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness

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Ubiquitous

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Appearing to be present on large numbers

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Allude

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Refer to in an indirect way

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Disseminate

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To scatter

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Exhort

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To urge strongly

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Pensive

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Deep I’m thought

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Wanton

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Ignoring what is right, unrestrained, frolicsome

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Camaraderie

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Good will and warm feelings among friends

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Extraneous

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Not necessary

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Meander

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To follow a winding course, to wander aimlessly

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Regale

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To entertain or delight

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Sedentary

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Doing or requiring a lot of sitting

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Callow

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Cynical

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Doubtful of the sincerity of others motives, skeptical

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Sagacious

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Showing sound judgement, wise

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Venerate

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To show great respect for

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Voracious
Ravenous, desiring and eating a large amount of food, greatly eager
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Apropos
Fitting the occasion, suitable or apt.
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Dogma
An unproven principle
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Impart
To make known, to bestow
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Propagate
To reproduce, to foster the spread of
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Exorbitant
Exceeding normal bounds
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Moribund
Close to death
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Sumptuous
Extravagantly splendid or costly
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Voluble
Characterized by a ready flow of words
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Avocation
A hobby
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Erudite
Having or demonstrating extensive knowledge
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Pariah
A social outcast
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Protege
One whose training or carrer is helped along by another
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Tactic
Implied