vocab Flashcards

(52 cards)

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someone who is abundantly creative and productive

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prolific

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2
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empty space

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vacuum

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3
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to be cautious or guarded

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circumspect

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4
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to bring to a stop

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staunch

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5
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banish or exile

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ostracize

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6
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in need

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indigent

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7
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the egg or young of a louse

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nit

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8
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something is to make it greater or add to it

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augment

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9
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forty

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quarantine

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10
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causes vomiting

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emetic

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11
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cure all remedy for an illness

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panacea

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12
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removal of the viscera, internal organs - or removal of their contents

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evisceration

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13
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flowing or outflow; discharge from the bowels

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flux

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14
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regulate conduct in a business or government

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regulations

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15
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to complain

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quarrel

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16
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causing great injury

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pernicious

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17
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something that is fluid

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viscous

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18
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gone out of style or been discarded over time

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obsolete

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19
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task that feels like a burden

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onerous

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20
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unselfish concern for others

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altruism

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21
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commandments or rules for moral conduct, or may be written directions or guidelines

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used to describe speech or writing

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have a sickly, yellowish hue

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serves as an example, or model; outstanding and praiseworthy

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cloudy, hazy, or vague
nebulous
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uncorrectable; used to describe the behavior of rambunctious young child
incorrigible
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causes sleepiness
soporific
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to scatter seeds; spreading information
disseminate
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extremely helpful - you work hard
assiduous
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you repent your actions and regret them; feel sorry for what you have done
contrite
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surplus or an overflow
redundancy
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wasting away, as may happen to muscles when they go unused for a period of hospitalization
atrophy
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heaviness of pregnancy, not to seriousness
gravid
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being affected throughout
riddled
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becoming less serve or less critical
mitigated
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language or ideas that are dull and hackneyed because they are overused or ordinary
banal
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offshoots or effects of an action, or that actions consequences
ramifications
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one who takes over from time to time from a caregiver
respite
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to make in opposition
counterfeit
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the power to produce intended results
efficacy
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to be skillful, admired, scholarly
adroit
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inactive, sluggish
torpid
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to come against. going against orders or disregard them
contravene
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at the base of the body toward the feet
caudal
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not infected or diseased
aseptic
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short
succint
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reluctant to speak
taciturn
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some sort of sudden concern
consternation
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a person who is famous and note worthy
eminent or illustrious
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needless or unnecessary
superfluous
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connection, usually between internal body parts
anastomosis
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to weaken or cause someone to feel drained of energy, weak, or tired
enervate