Vocab Flashcards
(88 cards)
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Affect
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To take on ,to assume, behaving in an artificial way
2
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Afford
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Grant
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Appreciate
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To take into account, recognize the merits of, or to increase value
4
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Appropriate
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To take from, steel
5
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Arrest
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To stop
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Assume
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To take on responsibility for, acquire
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Austerity
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Extreme financial restraints, eliminating all excess spending
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Badger
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To pester or annoy
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Bent
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Liking or preference to
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Capacity
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Ability
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Chance
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To attempt
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Check
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Control
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Coin
A
Invent
14
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Compromise
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To endanger
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Constitution
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Build
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Conviction
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Strong belief
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Couch
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To hide
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Currency
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Acceptance and approval
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Discrimination
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Able to make fine distinctions
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Dispatch
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Speed, efficiency
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Doctor
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To tamper with
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Economy
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Thrift
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Embroider
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To falsify
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Execute
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To Carry out
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Exploit
Make use of
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Facility
Ability to do something easily
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Foil
To put a stop to
28
Grave/Gravity
Seriousness
29
Grill
To question intensely and repeatedly
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Hamper
To get in the way of
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Harbor
To hold
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Hobble
Prevent
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Mint
To produce money
34
Pedestrian
Uninteresting
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Plastic
Able to be changed
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Provoke
Elicit
37
Qualify
To provide more info about
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Realize
To achieve
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Reconcile
To bring together opposite ideas
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Relate
To pass on info
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Reservation
Misgiving
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Reserve
To hold off on
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Ruffled
Flustered
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Sap
To drain
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Scrap
To eliminate
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Shelve
To reject or discard
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Sound
Firm, stable
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Spare/ severe
Plain
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Static
Unchanging
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Store
Reserve
51
Sustain
To withstand
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Temper
To Moderate
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Train
To fixate on
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Uniform
Constant
55
Unqualified
Absolute
56
Upset
To interfere with an expected outcome
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Want
Lack
58
Yield
To reveal
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Acquiesce
Give in
60
Alleviate
To make better
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Ambivalent
To have mixed feelings
62
Anomaly
Diviation from the norm
63
Bolster
Provide support for
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Chronicle
To record
65
Comprehensive
Thorough
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Condone
Pardon an illegal act
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Dearth
Lack off
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Didactic
Intended to teach
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Disgression
Section of text that deviates from topic of discussion
70
Empirical
Derived from experiment
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Idealistic
Cherishing noble principals
72
Illustrious
Famous, reowned
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Ingenious
Clever
74
Innate
Inborn
75
Innovation
New invention
76
Lofty
High minded
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Myriad
Many
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Partisan
Strong adherence to a party
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Postulate
Propose an explanation
80
Pragmatic
Practical
81
Scrutinize
Examine closely
82
Stipulate
Specify a requirement
83
Substantiate
Prove
84
Synthesize
Bring together
85
Timid
Shy
86
Undermine
Attack indirectly
87
Unequivocal
Absolute
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Vernacular
Everyday speech
