Practice Test 2 Vocab Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini

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Tepid

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Slightly warm, showing little enthusiasm

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Emaciated

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Abnormally thin or weak

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Prodigious

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Impressive to a great extent

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Quittance

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A release from debt or obligation

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Scintillation

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Flash of light

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Irascible

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Showing a tendency to be easily angered

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Innocuous

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Not harmful or offensive

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Disquietude

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State of uneasiness or anxiety

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Surreptitious

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Kept secret because it would not be approved

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Toil

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Hard work, moving slowly or difficultly

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Destitution

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Extreme poverty

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Impinging

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Having an effect or impact (usually negative)

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Abnegating

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Renounce or reject

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Excogitate

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Plan, think out

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Intransigent

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Unwilling to change one’s views

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Lamented

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Conventional way to describe the deceased

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Embolden

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Give someone courage or confidence

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Ineptitude

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Showing lack of skill, clumsy

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Intemperate

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Showing a lack of self control, immoderate

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Immoderate

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Not sensible or restrained

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Affable

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Friendly, good-natured

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Abstemious

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Not self indulgent

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Veracity

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Conformity to fact, accuracy, dedication to truth

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Amplitude

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Breath range or magnitude of something

Bemuse

Puzzle or confuse

Excoriate

Criticize severely

Extol

Praise enthusiastically

Aplomb

Self confidence or assurance (especially in difficult situations)

Taciturn

Reserved in speech

Furtively

Attempting to avoid notice or attention

Stentorian

A voice that is loud and powerful

Garrulous

Excessively talkative especially on trivial matters

Poignant

Evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

Perturbation

Anxiety

Probity

Having strong moral principles

Unctuous

Excessively flattering

Sonorous

A sound imposingly deep and full

Recitation

Repeating something out loud for memory