Vocab 15/16 Flashcards

1
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Agression

A

The act of launching attacks (habitually)

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2
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Antipodus

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Any two places opposite of each other (like earth. Arctic/antarctic)

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3
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Degradation

A

Reducing in rank/status/dignity <

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4
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Digress

A

Step away from the main topic/to turn aside from

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5
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Expedient

A

useful for acheiving a goal/helps

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6
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Expedite

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to help/to hurry the progress

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7
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Gradiation

A

Process through the stages/spectrum (red blue spectrum)

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8
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Impede

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to hinder/slow/to block out of the way

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9
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Pedigree

A

The ancestry

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10
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Pedometer

A

Calculates distance through steps

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11
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peon

A

common person

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12
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pediatry

A

the study of feet

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13
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podium

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platform

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14
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regress

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to go back/to return to a former condition

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15
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Ambulotory

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Able to walk about (walking)

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16
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Constituent

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Serving as a necessary part/whole

17
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Desist

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To cease something (used with from)

18
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Destitute

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Altogether lacking/poverty stricken

19
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interstice

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A space that intervenes between things

20
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Obstinate

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Very stubborn/inflexible

21
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Oust

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to force out of a position

22
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Preamble

A

a introduction statment in a speech

23
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Recalcitrant

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Stubbornly resistant to authority

24
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Restitution

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Restoration of a thing that is its proper state

25
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Stance

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The position of a body while standing

26
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Static

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A rest/unmoving/electrical charges

27
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Subsist

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to exist/to be/to live