Vocabulary 1-10 Flashcards
(100 cards)
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Appellation
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A name or title
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Annotation
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An explanatory note
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Eponym
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A person whose name is used to make a word
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Linguistics
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Study of language
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Malapropism
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A humorous confusion of words
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Neologism
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A new word
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Parlance
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A particular manner of speaking
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Patois
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A nonstandard dialect
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Polyglot
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Using several languages
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Vulgar
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Crude or indecent
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Contingent
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Conditional
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Eventuality
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A possibility
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Implausible
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Unlikely
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Inconceivable
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Impossible to grasp fully
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In vain
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Without success
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Perchance
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Perhaps
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Preposterous
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Absurd
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Proclivity
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An inclination
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Prone
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Likely to do
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Theoretical
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Unproven
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Evolve
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To devolve slowly
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Immutable
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Unchangeable
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Inveterate
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Established
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Malleable
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Able to be shaped
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Metamorphosis
A transformation
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Modulate
To adjust
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Protean
Different forms
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Sporadic
Irregular
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Transmute
To change form
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Volatile
Wide variation
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Abstruse
Hard to understand
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Acumen
Keen insight
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Ascertain
Discover
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Cerebral
Of the brain
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Faculty
Ability
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Obfuscate
Make more difficult
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Ruminate
To think deeply about
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Stymie
To frustrate or thwart
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Surmise
To guess
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Tenet
Principle, belief
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Abeyance
Suspension
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Abstemious
Restricted to bare necessities
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Circumvent
Go around
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Elude
Avoid capture
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Eschew
To avoid, abstain
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Evasion
Clever avoidance
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Malinger
Avoid work
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Oblique
Not direct
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Shirk
Neglect
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Shun
To willfully ignore
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Converge
Come together
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Crux
Key point
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Degradation
A decline
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Initiate
To begin
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Penultimate
Next to last
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Pivotal
Crucial
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Sequel
Next in series
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Supersede
Replace
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Tangential
Irrelevant
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Terminate
End
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Aspersion
Damaging remarks slanders
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Compunction
Unease due guilt
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Derision
Ridicule
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Disapprobation
Moral disapproval
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Ostracize
To banish, exclude, or shun
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Rebuke
To criticize sharply
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Revulsion
Intense disgust
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Scurrilous
Vulgar, abusive
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Spurn
To rejects scornfully
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Vitriolic
Very harsh,bitter
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Accountable
Responsible
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Assiduous
Conscientious
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Default
The failure to fulfill an obligation
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Feckless
Ineffective
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Incumbent
Holding an office or position
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Liability
A handicap
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Mandatory
Required
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Negligence
Lack of proper care or attention
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Onerous
Difficult to bear
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Remiss
Lax or careless
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Acquiesce
To accept or agree
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Adamant
Stubborn
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Balk
To stop short
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Camaraderie
Good will; friendliness
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Cantankerous
Quarrelsome
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Compliance
Obedience
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Presumptuous
Boldly improper
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Propitiate
To soothe or calm
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Tractable
Manageable
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Volition
Ones own free will or choosing
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Facile
Easy
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Inept
Incompetent
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Prescient
Having foresight
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Proficient
Thoroughly capable
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Prowess
Superior skill
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Acuity
Sharpness
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Consummate
Supremely skilled or accomplished
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Cunning
Cleverness
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Deft
Quick and skillful
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Endowment
A natural ability
