Vocabulary Group 1-4 Flashcards
(130 cards)
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ameliorate
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become better; make better; improve; enhance (antonym. Worsen)
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amelioration
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improvement (antonym. Degradation)
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Conserve
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Keep from waste, loss, or decay; save (ant. Waste)
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Conservation
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preservation from loss, injury, or waste
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Conservationist
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One who advocates the conservation of natural resources
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detrimental
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harmful; damaging
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exotic
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- Introduced from another country; foreign (ant. native, indigenous)
- strikingly unusual; strange
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folly
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lack of good sense; foolish action or undertaking (ant. wisdom)
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formerly
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in an earlier period; previously (ant.now)
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former
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preceding; previous (ant. latter)
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harmony
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peaceable or friendly relations; accord; agreement; tranquility; concord (ant. conflict; disharmony)
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harmonious
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friendly; amicable
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ignore
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refuse to take notice of; disregard (ant. heed)
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ignoramus
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ignorant; stupid person; dunce; dolt; dullard; nincompoop
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impediment
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something that hinders or obstructs; hindrance; obstacle ( ant. aid)
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impede
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interfere with or slow the progress of; hinder; obstruct
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indolent
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dispose to avoid exertion; lazy; idle; lethargic (ant. industrious)
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indolence
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idleness; laziness
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intact
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untouched by anything that damages or diminishes; left complete or entire; uninjured (ant. imperfect)
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invalid
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not binding into law; having no force or effect; void; nugatory (ant. valid)
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invalidate
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abolish; annul
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invalid
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sickly or disabled person
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non carcinogenic
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not producing, or tending to produce, cancer (ant. carcinogenic)
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parsimonious
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unduly sparing in the spending of money; stingy; miserly; tightfisted (ant. generous)
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Parsimony
Stinginess; parsimonious (ant. generosity; liberality)
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raze
destroy utterly by tearing down; demolish; level (ant. erect)
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reticent
inclined to be silent or secretive; uncommunicative; reserved (ant. Frank)
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Reticence
Restraint in communicating (ant. Frankness)
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retire
1. Withdraw from active duty or business
| 2. Go to bed (ant. rise)
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retort
answer; reply sharply or angrily (ant. ask)
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retort (n.)
quick, witty, or sharp reply; answer
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subvert
overturn or overthrow from the foundation; undermine (ant. uphold)
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subversion
sabotage; undermining
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tractable
easily led, taught, or controlled; yielding docile; amendable (ant. unruly; intractable)
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tractability
obedience
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Baffle
bewilder; perplex; fill with confusion; puzzle; frustrate
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baffling
frustrating; bewildering
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cinema
movies; motion picture industry
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cinematography
art of making motion pictures
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despise
look down on with contempt or disgust; loathe; regard as inferior (ant. admire)
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Despicable
worthy of contempt; contemptible (ant. laudable)
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ebullient
overflowing with enthusiasm; exuberant; effervescent; high-spirited; vivacious
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ebullience
exuberance (flowing with enthusiasm)
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exaggerate
overstate; go beyond the limits of the actual truth; magnify (ant. minimize)
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exaggeration
overstatement (ant. understatement)
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exhort
arouse by words; advise strongly; urge
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exhortation
urgent; recommendation; advice
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expertise
specialized skill or technical knowledge; know how; expertness
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finicky
excessively concerned with trifles or details; hard to please; fussy; particular; fastidious; persnickety
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gall
make sore; irritate mentally; annoy; vex
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gall (n.)
brazen boldness; nerve (ant. meekness)
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inane
lacking significance or sense; pointless; silly; insipid; jejune; vapid (ant. deep; profound)
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inanity
foolishness; shallowness
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indemnify
compensate for loss; damage, or injury; reimburse; repay
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Occident
West; countries of America and Europe (ant. Orient)
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Occidental
Western (ant. Oriental)
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Peruse
read; look at fairly attentively; study
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perusal
reading; study
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Scuffle
struggle at close quarters in a rough and confused manner; wrestle; grapple
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Scuffle (n)
Brawl; fight
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Spurn
thrust aside with disdain or contempt; reject (ant. accept )
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Stipend
fixed pay for services; salary; regular allowance awarded a scholarship; winner
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surveillance
Close watch over a person, group, or area; supervision
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Tepid
moderately warm; lukewarm
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tepidly
unenthusiastic, lukewarmly
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wager
risk something on the outcome of a contest or uncertain event; gamble; bet
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wager
bet
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wane
Decrease in power or size; dwindle; decline; sink (ant. wax)
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abhorrent
in conflict; utterly opposed; loathsome; repugnant; odious; abominable (ant. admirable)
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abhor
utterly detest; loathe; hate
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admonish
reprove gently but seriously; warn of fault; caution (ant. commend)
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admonition
gentle warning; friendly reproof
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ambrosial
extremely pleasing to taste or smell; delicious; heavenly
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Confine
shut up; imprison; keep in narrow; cramped quarters (ant. Free)
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Confinement
imprisonment
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decade
period of ten years
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detonate
explode with suddenness and violence; cause something to explode
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detonation
explosion
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ephemeral
lasting one day only; fleeting; transitory; short lived; transient (ant. permanent; perpetual)
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gullible
easily deceived or cheated; credulous (ant. astute)
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gull
deceive; cheat
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haggle
dispute or argue over price in a petty way; bargain; wrangle
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immerse
1. plunge or place into a liquid; dip; duck
| 2. engross; absorb
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immersion
state of being deeply engrossed; absorption
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insomnia
inability to sleep; abnormal wakefulness; sleeplessness
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insomniac
person suffering from insomnia
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lapse
1. slip; error; accidental mistake; trivial fault
| 2. interval
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lapse
cease being in force; become invalid
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probe
critical inquiry into suspected illegal activity; investigation
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prober
investigator
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render
hand down officially; deliver; give
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rendering
presentation; interpretation
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repast
food for one occasion of eating; meal
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replenish
bring back to condition of being full; refill
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score
group of twenty; twenty
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snub
act or instance of snubbing (treating with contempt); rebuff; slight; insult
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snub
treat with disdain or contempt; slight
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suture
strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body; also, stitch made with such material
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unwittingly
unintentionally; by accident; inadvertently
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acquit
1. relieve from acquisition; pronounce not guilty; discharge; exculpate; exonerate (ant. convict)
2. Perform one's part; conduct oneself
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acquittal
exculpation; discharge (ant. conviction)
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complex
having varied interrelated parts, and therefore hard to understand; complicated; intricate (ant. simple)
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complexity
difficulty; intricacy (ant. simplicity)
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consign
give, transfer, or deliver. as if by signing over; hand over; commit
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consignee
person to whom something is shipped
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effrontery
shameless boldness; insolence; gall; temerity; nerve; chutzpah
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excruciating
causing great pain or anguish; agonizing; unbearably painful
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forbearance
act of forbearing (refraining), abstaining; leniency; patience (ant. anger)
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hamper
interfere with; hinder; impede (ant. aid)
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nettlesome
literally full of nettles (plants with stinging hairs); irritating; causing annoyances or vexation
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Oblivious
forgetful; unmindful; not aware; unwitting
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oblivion
condition of being forgotten or unknown; forgetfulness
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Prodigious
extraordinary in the amount or size; enormous; gigantic; huge; colossal (ant. tiny)
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Prodigy
person of extraordinary talent or ability; wonder
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rejuvenate
Make young or youthful again; give new vigor to; rejuvenate; refresh
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Residue
whatever is left after a part is taken, disposed of, or gone; remainder; rest
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Residual
Remaining after a part is used or taken
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Salutary
favorable to health; healthful; curative; beneficial; salubrious (ant. deleterious)
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Scrutinize
Examine very closely; inspect; vet
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scrutiny
examination; inspection; review
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Supersede
Force out of use; displace; supplant; replace
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Sweltering
Oppressively hot; torrid; sultry (ant. frigid)
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Swelter
Suffer from oppressive heat
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unruffled
not upset or agitated; calm; cool; unflustered; imperturbable; collected (ant. discomposed)
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unwieldy
hard to wield (handle) because of size or weight; unmanageable; bulky; cumbersome
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unwieldiness
Bulkiness
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withdraw
1. Take back; remove (ant. deposit)
| 2. draw back; go away; retreat; leave (ant. advance)
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Withdrawal
1. Taking back; removal
| 2. drawing back; retreat; departure (ant. approach)
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Zany
having the characteristics of a clown; mildly insane; crazy; clownish; loony
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Zany (noun)
clown; buffoon
