Practive Test Vocab Flashcards by Desmond Fambrini

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Vexation

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The state of being annoyed

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Augmented

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Having been made greater in size or value

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Meliorate

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Ameliorate: to make something bad better

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Truncate

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Shorten

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Contend

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Assert or come to terms with struggle to surmount

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Surmount

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To overcome, to be placed on top

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Promulgate

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Promote or make wildly known

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Discern

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Perceive or recognize

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Arbitrate

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To reach an authoritative judgment

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Pathogens

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A bacterium or virus

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Incursion

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A invasion or attack

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Exigent

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Pressing and/or demanding

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Specious

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Superficially possible but actually wrong

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Ineffable

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To great or extreme to be described in words

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Foment

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Instigate or stir up

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Ferment

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Stir up, experience fermentation

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Obloquy

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Strong public criticism or verbal abuse

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Diaphanous

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Light, delicate, translucent

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Amorphous

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Without a clearly defined shape or form

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Ingenious

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Clever, original, intelligent

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Ubiquitous

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Present, appearing, or found everywhere

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Insoluble

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Impossible to solve

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Esoteric

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Likely to be understood by a small number of people

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Deleterious

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Causing harm or damage

Contumacious

Stubbornly disobedient to authority

Estimable

Worthy of great respect

Irresolute

Showing or feeling uncertainty

Seditious

Inciting or causing people to rebel

Cabal

Secret political faction

Artifice

Clever devises or expedients

Expedients

Convenient and/or practical

Hegemony

Leadership or dominance

Imprecation

A spoken curse

Plucky

Having or showing determination and/or courage

Conciliatory

Intended or likely to placate or pacify

Despondent

In low spirits

Diffident

Modest or shy because a lack of self confidence

Recompense

Make amends to