Wordknowledge Flashcards

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Bursar

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A business or treasurer officer, especially college

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Estrange

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To alienate, to turn away in feelings

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Momentous

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Significant, a great or far reaching importance

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Chastised

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Lecture, discipline

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Obtrude

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To impose or to intrude oneself on another

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Opulent

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Lavish, wealthy or rich

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Recapitulate

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To summarize or review

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Clemency

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Mercy, forgiveness or leniency

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Eschew

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To avoid, stay away from

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Pollute

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To contaminate

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Latent

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Hidden, present but not visible

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Salutary

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Beneficial, to promote health

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Acclaim

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A shout of approval

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Apex

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Top, highest point, tip

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Assimilate

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Absorb, to take in and incorporate ones own

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Brittle

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Fragile, weak, little strength

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Datum

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Fact, a single piece of information as a fact

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Proficient

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Adept, well advance or competent

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Adept

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Very skilled, proficient, expert

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Imposed

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Levied, to lay on, set something to be followed or obeyed

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Levied

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An imposing or collection, amount owe or collected

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Galore

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Abundance, plentiful

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Headlong

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Reckless, without haste

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Frugal

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Economical, thrifty, saving

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Stimulate
Arrest, quicken some vital process or function
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Licit
Lawful, legal, legitimate
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Vacate
Leave, to give up possession or occupancy
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Reasoned
Logical, a basis or cause as for some belief
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Tacit
Understood without saying nothing
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Burnished
Polished,smooth and bright
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Commodity
Product, something of use
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Contrived
Premeditated, something planned out or forced
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Supplicate
To beg, to pray humbly to entreat or petition
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Hypocrisy
Having a virtuous character that one does not really possess
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Succulent
Juicy
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Garrison
Fort, a fortified place
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Furtherance
Advancement, promotion
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Domicile
Home, a place of residence or house
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Abrogate
Abolish, to put aside; to put an end to
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Compensation
Commission, reward
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Brusque
Abrupt, blunt, rough
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Demise
Death, decease, terminate
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Commemorate
Remember, to serve as memorial
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Bore
Burrow, make a hole, boring, dull
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Prevail
Persist, to be wide spread or current
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Defray
To pay, all or a part of
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Chasm
Abyss, a large hole or gulf
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Abyss
An immeasurable gulf or cavity
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Fundamental
Basics, foundation
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Susceptible
Vulnerable, capable of being affected
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Emblem
Symbol