Word List 3 Flashcards
(103 cards)
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Abide by
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To follow
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Abridge
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To shorten
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Access
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A way of entering
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Acute
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Sharp, as in acute intelligence or acute pain
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Adjoining
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Connected
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Affable
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Likable, friendly
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Aggravate
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To make worse
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Ailing
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Sick
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Alias
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False name
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illicit
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illegal
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immobilize
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to prevent from moving
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impassive
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showing no feeling; calm
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implant
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to put into something
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impound
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to seize and take by law; to put in prison
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inadvertent
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accidental
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incentive
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reward
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incongruous
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strange out of place
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indebted
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owing money or gratitude
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indiscriminate
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random; making no distinctions
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indulgent
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pampering, spoiling
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infamous
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famous in a bad way
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inhibit
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to hold back; to keep in
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inpatient
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a person who stays overnight at a hospital
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insolvent
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having no money
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instrumental
helpful
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intelligible
understandable
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intriguing
very interesting
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invert
to turn upside down
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itinerant
travler; traveling
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jocular
joking
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juvenile
immature
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kinsfolk
relatives
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lapse
slight error
backsliding
passage of time
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leash
device for controlling a dog
| to control
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linguistics
the study of language
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lubricant
something that makes a surface slippery and smooth
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lure
bait; temptation
| to tempt
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manipulate
to make things happen as one wishes
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meddling
interfering
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mendable
fixable
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meteoroligist
scientist who studies the whether
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migratory
moving from one place to another
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minuscule
tiny
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mitt
glove to wear while playing baseball
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mosaic
a richly decorated painting made from small tiles
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muted
lowered
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nonentitiy
a nobody
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noxios
harmful
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obscure
unclear; vague
| to confuse
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opaque
hard to understand
| not see through
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optimum
best
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overcome
to beat
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paranoia
irrational belief that everybody is out to harm you
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passive
not active
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pending
undecided
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persecute
to treat poorly because of religious beliefs
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philanthropic
promoting social good; generous
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plagiarism
stealing someone elses words
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polo
game played on horseback
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practitioner
one who practices a particuler profession
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predator
a destroyer
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premature
happening before expected time
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prescriptive
giving directions or instructions
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pretext
pretense
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procrastinate
to delay
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promiscuos
not choosy; having sex with many partners
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prosper
to succseed
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purposeful
determined
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quantitative
describing in terms of number or quantity
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ramble
to talk in a discontented manner
| to stroll aimlessely
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raucous
harsh-sounding
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reckless
very careless
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recollect
to remember
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referee
official at a sports match
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regal
fit for a king; royal
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regulate
to control
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relevant
important
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remote
distant
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repentence
expression of guilt or sorrow
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reserved
quiet
| saved
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resolve
to decide
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resume
to begin again; to continue
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righteousness
moral correctness or justice
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rout
a crushing defeat
to force out
to defeat badly
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saturate
to soak thoroughly
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serviceable
useful; ready for service
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shabby
worn
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singular
individual
| unusual
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smug
very pleased with oneself
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soluble
able to be dissolved
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spectrum
the entire range of something
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sprint
to run fast for a short distance
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stalemate
situation where no one wins
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stern
strict; harsh
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subdue
to bring under control
| to conquer
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suffocation
dying from lack of oxygen
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surpass
to go beyond the limits of something
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syllabus
list of assignments for class
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systematic
organized
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talisman
magical charm
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taper
to become narrower
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tentacles
animal limbs used to feel or grab
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theoretical
in the realm of ideas
