Vocab Flashcards

1
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Affect

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To take on ,to assume, behaving in an artificial way

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2
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Afford

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Grant

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3
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Appreciate

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To take into account, recognize the merits of, or to increase value

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4
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Appropriate

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To take from, steel

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5
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Arrest

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To stop

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6
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Assume

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To take on responsibility for, acquire

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7
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Austerity

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Extreme financial restraints, eliminating all excess spending

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8
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Badger

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To pester or annoy

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9
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Bent

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Liking or preference to

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10
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Capacity

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Ability

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11
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Chance

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To attempt

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12
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Check

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Control

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13
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Coin

A

Invent

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14
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Compromise

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To endanger

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15
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Constitution

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Build

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16
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Conviction

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Strong belief

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17
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Couch

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To hide

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18
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Currency

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Acceptance and approval

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19
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Discrimination

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Able to make fine distinctions

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20
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Dispatch

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Speed, efficiency

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21
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Doctor

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To tamper with

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22
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Economy

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Thrift

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23
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Embroider

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To falsify

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24
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Execute

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To Carry out

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25
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Exploit

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Make use of

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26
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Facility

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Ability to do something easily

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27
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Foil

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To put a stop to

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28
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Grave/Gravity

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Seriousness

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29
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Grill

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To question intensely and repeatedly

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30
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Hamper

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To get in the way of

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31
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Harbor

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To hold

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32
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Hobble

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Prevent

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33
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Mint

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To produce money

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34
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Pedestrian

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Uninteresting

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35
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Plastic

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Able to be changed

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36
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Provoke

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Elicit

37
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Qualify

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To provide more info about

38
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Realize

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To achieve

39
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Reconcile

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To bring together opposite ideas

40
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Relate

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To pass on info

41
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Reservation

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Misgiving

42
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Reserve

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To hold off on

43
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Ruffled

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Flustered

44
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Sap

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To drain

45
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Scrap

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To eliminate

46
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Shelve

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To reject or discard

47
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Sound

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Firm, stable

48
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Spare/ severe

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Plain

49
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Static

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Unchanging

50
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Store

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Reserve

51
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Sustain

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To withstand

52
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Temper

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To Moderate

53
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Train

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To fixate on

54
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Uniform

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Constant

55
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Unqualified

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Absolute

56
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Upset

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To interfere with an expected outcome

57
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Want

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Lack

58
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Yield

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To reveal

59
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Acquiesce

A

Give in

60
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Alleviate

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To make better

61
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Ambivalent

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To have mixed feelings

62
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Anomaly

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Diviation from the norm

63
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Bolster

A

Provide support for

64
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Chronicle

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To record

65
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Comprehensive

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Thorough

66
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Condone

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Pardon an illegal act

67
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Dearth

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Lack off

68
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Didactic

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Intended to teach

69
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Disgression

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Section of text that deviates from topic of discussion

70
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Empirical

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Derived from experiment

71
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Idealistic

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Cherishing noble principals

72
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Illustrious

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Famous, reowned

73
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Ingenious

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Clever

74
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Innate

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Inborn

75
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Innovation

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New invention

76
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Lofty

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High minded

77
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Myriad

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Many

78
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Partisan

A

Strong adherence to a party

79
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Postulate

A

Propose an explanation

80
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Pragmatic

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Practical

81
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Scrutinize

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Examine closely

82
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Stipulate

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Specify a requirement

83
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Substantiate

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Prove

84
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Synthesize

A

Bring together

85
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Timid

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Shy

86
Q

Undermine

A

Attack indirectly

87
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Unequivocal

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Absolute

88
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Vernacular

A

Everyday speech