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Test Prep 3 Flashcards

1
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Boor

A

Rude or ill mannered

Saying a boy is poor is rude

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2
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Circumspect

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Thinking carefully before you do something

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3
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Circumspect

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Wary and unwilling to take risks

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4
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Cloister

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Seclude

Close - oyster: if you live in an oyster you will be secluded

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5
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Compendium

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A collection of things presented together

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6
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Confer

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To consult together

Conference- to consult together

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7
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Conflate

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Mistake one thing for the other. Mistake two things for the same thing

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8
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Congenial

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Friendly

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Contrite

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Remorseful

Count right (money) or you will regret it

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10
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Credulous

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Easily believing

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11
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Cursory

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Done quickly and without attention to detail

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12
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Destitute

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Penniless

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13
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Disaffected

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Dissatisfied/ Discontented especially with authority

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14
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Dearth

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A scarcity or lack of something

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15
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Disconcerting

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Disturbing

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16
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Dynamism

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Energy and activity

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17
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Exacting

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Demanding

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18
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Extol

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To praise highly

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19
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Florid

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Overly elaborate

20
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Fodder

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Food for animals

21
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Foolhardy

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Foolishly bold or adventurous

22
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Galvanize

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To stimulate or excite to take action

23
Q

Goad

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Or urge or provoke

24
Q

Abate

A

To decrease in strength

Ate- strength, ab means no

25
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Attenuate

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To weaken

26
Q

Deify

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To treat as a God

27
Q

Exorbitant

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Unreasonably high

28
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Foolhardy

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Foolishly bold or adventurous

29
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Goad

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To urge or provoke

30
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Idiosyncrasy

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A quirk, a unique characteristic

31
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Imperious

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Overbearingly and arrogantly controlling

32
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Impetus

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A driving force or motive

33
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Improvidant

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Not providing for the future, esp. financially

34
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Incense

A

Make angry

35
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Inadvertent

A

unintentional

36
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Indefatigable

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Tireless

37
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Indelible

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Permanent

In-delete-able: not able to delete

38
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Indiscriminate

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Not done or chosen in a careful way

39
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Indolent

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Lazy

40
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Inordinate

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Excessive, unusually or disproportionally large

41
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Insipid

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Uninteresting, unexcitign

42
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Interloper

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A person who inserts oneself into a situation which s/he is unwelcome or does not belong

43
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Intractable

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Very difficult or impossible to control

44
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Instransigent

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Very stubborn

45
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Intrepid

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Bold

46
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Itinerant

A

Traveling from place to place

47
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Irreverent

A

Lacking proper respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously

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