Vocab Words Flashcards

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Abate

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to become less active, less intense, or less in amount

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Abstract

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existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality

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Accommodate

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To provide space or make adjustments.

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Acquired

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Gained through effort or experience.

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Adept

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having knowledge or skill

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Adequate

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having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose

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Adhere

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To stick to or follow closely.

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Advantageous

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Beneficial or useful.

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Advent

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the arrival or creation of something

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Aggravate

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To worsen or intensify.

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Allude

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to make a secretive mention of something

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Ambiguity

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Uncertainty or multiple interpretations.

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Ambivalence

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Mixed or conflicting feelings

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Ameliorate

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To improve or make better.

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Analogous

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similar but not identical

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Anomaly

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something different from the norm

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Antagonistic

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Showing hostility or opposition.

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Antecedent

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A preceding event or condition

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Antipathy

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a strong feeling of dislike

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Apex

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the highest point of something

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Arcane

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Mysterious or known by few.

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Arduous

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Difficult and requiring effort

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Austere

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adj. extremely plain
adj. stern and forbidding
adj. relating to self-denial

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Benevolent

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kind, generous

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Borrow
To take temporarily.
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Buttress
To support or strengthen.
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Calibrate
To adjust for precision.
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Candid
direct, blunt
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Circumvent
To find a way around.
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Commercialization
The process of making something a business.
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Competent
Having the necessary ability or skill.
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Concede
To admit or yield.
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Conceptualize
To form an idea or concept.
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Conflated
Combined in a misleading way.
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Conform
To comply with rules or expectations.
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Consensus
General agreement.
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Conspicuous
Easily noticed or standing out.
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Contentious
Causing disagreement or debate.
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Abate
to become less active, less intense, or less in amount
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Abstract
existing purely in the mind; not representing actual reality
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Abysmal
extremely bad
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Accommodate
To provide space or make adjustments.
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Accuracy
The quality of being correct or precise.
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Acquired
Gained through effort or experience.
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Adept
having knowledge or skill
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Adequate
having sufficient qualifications to meet a specific task or purpose
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Adhere
To stick to or follow closely.
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Advantageous
Beneficial or useful.
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Advent
the arrival or creation of something
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Allude
to make a secretive mention of something
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Ambiguity
Uncertainty or multiple interpretations.
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Ambivalence
Mixed or conflicting feelings
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Ameliorate
To improve or make better.
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Analogous
similar but not identical
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Anomaly
something different from the norm
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Antagonistic
Showing hostility or opposition.
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Antecedent
A preceding event or condition.
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Antipathy
strong feeling of dislike
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apex
the highest point of something
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Arcane
Mysterious or known by few
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Arduous
Difficult and requiring effort
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Austere
Extremely plain
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Austere
stern and forbidding
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Austere
relating to self-denial
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Benevolent
kind, generous
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Buttress
To support or strengthen
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Calibrate
To adjust for precision.
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Candid
direct, blunt
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Carelessly
Without caution.
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Catastrophic
Disastrous or causing great damage.
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Circumvent
To find a way around.
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Compound
To intensify or combine
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Commercialization
The process of making something a business.
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