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Vocabulary for Finals Flashcards

1
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to caution or advice against something; to scold mildly; to remind of duty

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admonish

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an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction, to create an opening, break through

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breach

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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman

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Brigand

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careful, cautious

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circumspect

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5
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to seize for military or official use

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commandeer

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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving

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cumbersome

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to disagree; disagreement

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dissent

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famous, outstanding, distinguished; projecting

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eminent

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to drive out by magic; to dispose of something troublesome, menacing, or oppressive

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exorcise

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to make, manufacture; to make up, invent

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fabricate

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angry

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irate

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a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces or factions. To bring it to such a standstill.

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deadlock

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13
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scattered fragments wreckage

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debris

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to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused

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diffuse

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a difficult or perplexing

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dilemma

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16
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to let go, give up

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relinquish

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to conquer by force, bring under complete control

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subjugate

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to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

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proliferate

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to seize and hold a position by force or without the right

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usurp

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20
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average, ordinary, undistinguished

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mediocre

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21
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commonplace; overused, stale

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trite

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22
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excessive fatness

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obesity

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23
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a raider, plunderer

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marauder

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to pardon or overlook

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condone

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25
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an angry argument

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altercation

26
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resembling an angel portrayed as a little child with a beautiful, round, or chubby face; sweet and innocent

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cherubic

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firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back

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unflinching

28
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brief and to the point

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terse

29
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to tease, torment by teasing

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tantalize

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to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch

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sully

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a follower, supporter; attached, sticking to

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adherent

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to make shorter

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abridge

33
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bringing money; profitable

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lucrative

34
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to make fun of rudely; a rude remark

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jeer

35
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difficult or impossible to read

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illegible

36
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to strengthen, build up

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fortify

37
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food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose

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fodder

38
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a deliberately deceptive movement; to make a deceptive movement

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feint

39
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the process of driving or forcing out

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expulsion

40
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not regular or consistent, different from what is ordinarily expected

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erratic

41
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loose in one’s morals or behaviors

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dissolute

42
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to make up for; to repay for services

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compensate

43
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having a pleasing appearance

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comely

44
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a citizen of another country; foreign, strange

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alien

45
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to stop proceedings temporarily move to another place

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adjourn

46
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to incline to beforehand

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predispose

47
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lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years

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perennial

48
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas, having a closed mind

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opinionated

49
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to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess

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muddle

50
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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed

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efface

51
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint

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unbridled

52
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to bring to an end

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terminate

53
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to overcome, rise above

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surmount

54
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a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

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semblance

55
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a split, break, breach

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rift

56
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to steal in small quantities

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pilfer

57
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an extremely poor person

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pauper

58
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not genuine, not true, not valid

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spurious

59
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to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved

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salvage

60
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sudden and violent but breif; fitful; intermitten

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spasmodic

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