words Flashcards
(204 cards)
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abstruse
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hard to understand
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adhere
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stick, believe in and follow the practices of
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affront
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insult “in your face”
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aggravate
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worsen, annoy
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alleviate
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to relieve
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allocate
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to assign
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ambiguous
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unclear in meaning, confusing
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ambivalent
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undecided, having opposing feelings simultaneously
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amenable
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obedient, agreeable
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anthology
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a collection, especially of literary works
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anticipation
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expectation
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antipodal
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exactly opposite
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antithesis
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the direct opposite
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astute
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keen in judgement (a student can observe the judgement of the class)
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asylum
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a place of safety (a sigh of relief)
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autocratic
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extremely bossy
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autonomous
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acting independently
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benign
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gentle, kind
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bluster
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to be loud or aggressive
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bombast
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showy speech
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burgeon
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to expand
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buttress
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strengthen or defend
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callous
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insensitive (even if you don’t call Lous, he won’t mind: he is callous)
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castigate
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criticize severely
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cerebral
brainy
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compensated
repay/offset
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compile
produce by assembling information on other sources
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complacent
self-satisfied
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comprise
consist of, be made up of
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concede
admit to be true after denying it/to yield a position
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congregate
to come together
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conspicuous
easily seen, impossible to miss
(obvious)
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contiguous
side by side
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contraband
smuggled goods
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contretemps
an embarrassing occurrence
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contrived
forced
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corrugated
shaped with folds or waves
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cosmopolitan
sophisticated
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credulous
eager to believe
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debase
to lower in quality or value
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debilitate
to weaken
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decry
to put down, to denounce
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defame
to ruin the good name of
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defile
to make filthy
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defunct
no longer in existence
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degrade
to lower in dignity or status
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deign
to think it in accordance with one's dignity
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dejected
depressed
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denomination
a classification, a category
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denounce
condemn openly (announce negative things)
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deplete
to decrease the supply of, to use up
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deplore
to regret, to lament
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deride
to ridicule
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descend
move or fall downwards
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despondent
extremely depressed (not responding well)
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dextrous
skillfull
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disparage
to belittle (display rage)
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disparate
things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison
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disperse
spread over a large area
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"e'en"
"even"
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elusive
hard to pin down
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encroach
to make gradual inroads into
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engulf
powerfully affect, overwhelm/ surrounding, covering
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enhance
increase
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epitome
the perfect example of something
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equanimity
calm
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equitable
fair
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equivocal
intentionally being ambiguous, intentionally confusing,
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erudition
impressive or extensive knowledge (education)
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eulogy
a spoken or written tribute to a person
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evoke
to awaken, to produce or suggest
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execute
carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, or course of action)
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exonerate
to free completely from blame, impunity
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exorbitant
excessive
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expatriate
to move away from one's native land
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expedient
providing an immediate advantage
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expedite
to speed up
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fallacy
a false idea
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fiscal
pertaining to financial matters
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flagrant
obviously bad
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flaunt
to show off
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fledgling
inexperienced, immature
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flippant
meaninglessly disrespectful
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for instance
for example
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gaffe
an embarrassing mistake (wobbly neck of the giraffe)
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grapple
wrestle
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haphazard
random
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"hast"
"have"
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hence
for this reason
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hinder
create difficulties for so or smt that cause delay
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ignominy
deep disgrace
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impede
to delay
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impugn
to attack, especially to attack the truth or the integrity of something
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impunity
freedom from punishment or harm
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indict
to charge with a crime
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indifferent
not caring one way or another
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indignant
angry, especially as a result of something unjust or unworthy, insulted
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indolent
lazy (in the doll land..)
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inept
clumsy (in-not apt-skill)
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inexplicable
unable to be explained
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innocuous
mild or unharmful
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inquiry
investigation, research, study
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insolent
arrogant, insulting (ins_olent ins_ulting)
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insular
isolated, like an island (insulation for the house makes it an island of heat)
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intricacy
the quality of being complex or having interconnected parts
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invoke
to call on as in prayer
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irrevocable
irreversible, cannot be taken back
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lament
to mourn (lame ending)
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laud
praise
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lavish
to spend freely
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magnanimous
forgiving, generous
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malaise
feeling of depression, uneasiness
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malapropism
humorous misuse of a word that sounds similar to the word intended but has a different meaning
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malfeasance
an illegal act
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malignant
causing harm
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malinger
to pretend to be sick to avoid doing work (-ah ma linger hurts -thats not even a..)
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mediate
to help settle differences (median number)
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mercenary
fighting or doing anything for money
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neologism
a new word or phrase
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nomenclature
a set of system of names, a terminology
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ominous
threatening (oh minus, ominous things might happen)
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orthodox
adhering to established principles
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oscillate
to swing back and forth
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oversee
supervise, keep an eye on
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palliative
to relieve without getting rid of the problem
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partisan
one who supports a particular person or an idea
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pathos
that which makes people feel pity or sorrow
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pedantic
boringly scholarly or academic (this ped is antic)
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penchant
a strong taste or liking for something ("le pen a enchante" said the fake French)
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penitent
sorry (prison)
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peripatetic
wandering, traveling continually
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persist
continue to exist, also in a insisting way
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pervade
to spread throughout (invade)
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posterity
future generations
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posthumous
occurring after one's death
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premeditated
planned
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proliferate
to spread or grow rapidly (the chocolate sauce of profiterol is proliferate: it spread out of the bowl, its getting too much)
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prolific
productive, fruitful abundantly (the chocolate sauce of the profiterol is prolific: it only has one spoon of flour and its a pan full of sauce)
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prominent
important
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prudent
careful, having foresight (a proud student is prudent with her schoolwork)
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reciprocal
mutual, shared (6/8 and 8/6)
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redundant
unnecessarily repetitive
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refute
prove to be wrong, deny
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replete
completely filled
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repugnant
offensive, disgusting
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resignation
passive submission (resigning employee is in depressed resignation)
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resourceful
skilled
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reticent
quiet, restrained (retired citizens are quiet)
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rhetoric
the art of speaking or writing
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rudimentary
basic, unformed or undeveloped (before elementary school, he was rudimentary)
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sagacious
wise (sage is a wise character)
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solidarity
union, togetherness, cooperation
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specious
deceptively attractive (have you seen the new species of unicorns? they are specious)
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sporadic
here and there, occasionally
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squander
to waste
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substantiate
to prove, to verify (sub-under proof under)
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surmised
form an idea or assumption with little evidence, guess
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survey
examine or consider something carefully
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tangential
irrelevant, off-topic
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temporize
to cause delay through indecision
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tentative
experimental, uncertain (im not sure how to set a tent)
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tenuous
extremely thin (ten means skin in Turkish which is a very thin layer)
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"thou"
"you"
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thwart
to prevent from being accomplished, to frustrate
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"thy"
"your"
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to aver
state it with confidence, as you know it to be the truth
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brawny
having muscles, strength
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underscore
to underline, to emphasize (underlined pages get you high scores)
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veracious
habitually truthful
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veracity
truthfulness
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verisimilitude
similarity to reality
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verity
something true
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versatility
ability to adapt or be adapted to many different functions or activities
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vestigate
a remaining bit of something
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vex
to annoy
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vie
to compete
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vigilant
constantly alert, watchful
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vocation
an occupation, a job
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volition
will, concsious choice
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waive
refrain from demanding (a rule or fee)
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repudiate
refuse, reject
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recant
changing mind, unsay, give up
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proclaim
announce, declare
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contemporary
noun) peer, equal adjective) modern
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lace
connect, be attached to
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"mirth"
fun
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"brook"
stream
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imperceptible
unnoticeable
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prevail
defeat, overpower
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succumb
surrender
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diverge
disagree, move in different directions
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comparable to
able to be likened to another; similar
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subsequently
later, after
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dispute
argue against
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dormant
inactive
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confined to
restricted to
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impenetrable
impossible to enter
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indecipherable
impossible to understand
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imitate
mimic
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latent
dormant, functionless
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"folly"
poor judgement
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cited
mentioned
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obstruct
block, clog
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postulate
suggest, theorize
