Vocab Review List Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Incessant

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Ceaseless, unending

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Impute

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To attribute or ascribe (something discreditable) to a person

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Incompatible

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Unable to exist together in harmony

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Incongruous

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Out of place; inappropriate; unbecoming

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Indigenous

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Originating in and characteristic of a particular place

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Indolence

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The state of being lazy, slothful

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Inimical

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Unfriendly; hostile; unfavorable; harmful

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Innovate

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To introduce something new; make changes in anything established

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Inscrutable

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Incapable of being investigated, analyzed

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Insentient

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Without sensation or feeling

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Instigate

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To urge, provoke, or incite to some action or course.

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Insurgent

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A person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel

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Intemperate

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Immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion; unrestrained; unbridled

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Intermittent

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Stopping. Or ceasing for a time, alternately ceasing and beginning again

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Intrepid

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Resolutely fearless; dauntless

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Jaded

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Dulled by overindulgence, wearied by overwork

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Jargon

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Vocabulary particular to a certain profession

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Jaundiced

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Yellow for a diseased liver, prejudiced

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Jaunt

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A short journey V. To make a short journey

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Jeopardize

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To risk, to put in danger, imperil

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Jingoistic

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Extreme nationalism characterized by belligerent foreign policy

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Jubilant

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Showing great joy or triumph, rejoicing

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Jurisprudence

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Rules of a government, legislation (how to act)

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Juxtapose

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To place close together for comparison or contrast

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Knotty
Intricate, difficult, full of knots
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Lampoon
Publicly ridicule or mock; N. A spoon or piece of writing which ridicules or mocks
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Lavish
Elaborate, luxurious, extravagant
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Lethargic
Lacking energy and enthusiasm
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Levity
The treatment of a serious matter with humor or a lack of respect
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Lithe
Slim, supple and graceful (nothing like you haha)
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Loquacious
Talkative (Rjay)
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Maelstrom
A powerful whirlpool; a situation of confused movement or turmoil
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Magnanimous
Generous or forgiving toward a rival or less powerful person
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Malady
A disease or illness
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Malinger
Pretend to be ill in order to avoid duty or work
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Malleable
Adaptable, shapable
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Mandatory
Obligatory, compulsory
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Membranous
Consisting of or resembling a membrane
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Mercenary
A professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army
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Mercurial
Changeable, fickle, flighty
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Mettle
Courage and fortitude
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Milieu
Surroundings, setting
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Misanthrope
Someone who hates people
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Misnomer
A misapplied name, and error in naming
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Misogyny
Hatred of women