Vocab 7 Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
Incite
A
to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
2
Q
Preclude
A
to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
3
Q
Relinquish
A
to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
4
Q
Enumerate
A
Count or List
5
Q
Postulate
A
to assume or claim as true, existent, or necessary : depend upon or start from the postulate of
6
Q
Conflate
A
to bring together
7
Q
Paradigm
A
a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated
8
Q
Negate
A
to deny the existence or truth of
9
Q
Bolster
A
to support with or as if with a bolster : reinforce
10
Q
Placate
A
to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
