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Words from Princeton Review Text and Everyday Readings Flashcards

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Inundate

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To overwhelm someone with things or people to be dealt with; flood

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Mirth

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Amusement, especially as expressed with laughter

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Incumbent

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A person holding an office or role

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Ambulate

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To move from place to place

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Ubiquitous

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Existing everywhere; being everywhere

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Fugacious

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Lasting a short time, fleeting or transitory

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Hackneyed

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Trite

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Assiduous

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To do a task with care or diligence

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Parse

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To analyze a sentence into its parts and describe their syntactic roles

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Caustic

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Sarcastic or bitter

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Portent

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Sign or warning that something momentous will occur

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Homogenous

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Of the same kind, alike

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Contentious

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Likely to cause an argument

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Steadfast

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Dutifully firm and unwavering

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Expediency

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The quality of being convenient and practical despite possibly being immoral

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Commensurate

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Proportionate, corresponding

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Abridged

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Shortened, reduced

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Singular

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One of a kind, unique

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Etiolated

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To cause to appear pale or sickly

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Comportment

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The way you carry yourself

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Sidereal

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Of or with respect to the distant stars - not, however the sun or planets

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Delineate

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To outline or depict

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Recast

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To give a different form (particularly to metal by melting down and reshaping)

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Balk

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To resist or object to

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Resolute
Admirably purposeful, determined and unwavering
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Discomposure
The state or feeling of being disturbed or agitated
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Contemptuous
Showing contempt, scornful
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Pragmatic
Sensible, realistic
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Presumptuous
(Of a person or their behavior) failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate
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Ensconce
Establish or settle someone in a comfortable safe or secret place
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Plight
Dangerous, difficult or unfortunate situation
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Ineluctable
Unable to be resisted or avoided; assured, inevitable
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Invidious
Likely to incur resentment or anger in others, causing envy
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Plangent
Of a sound - loud, reverberating, and often melancholy, full of lamentation
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Nugatory
Of no value or importance, rarely inconsequential
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Denouement
The final part of a play or movie where the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters explained, an outcome or solution
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Antediluvian
Old fashioned
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Pusillanimous
Cowardly
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Jejune
Vapid and immature
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Ludology
The study of games
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Kinesiology
The study of movement
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Cybernetics
The study of how systems regulate themselves
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Insurgency
An organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a government
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Imbibe
To drink alcohol
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Demarcate
Set down a line as on a map
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Belies
Contradicts
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Antedates
Comes before
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Herpetologist
One who studies reptiles
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Ichthyologist
One who studies fish
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Ornithologist
One who studies birds
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Superannuation
The process of becoming obsolete
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Acrimonious
Of speech, bitter and angry
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Benignant
Kindly and benevolent
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Repudiation
Rejection of a proposal or idea
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Ossify
To cease developing, to be stagnant or rigid
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Temporal
Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs, secular
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Perfunctory
Carried out with minimum effort
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Nice
Exacting or extremely precise
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Feckless
Lacking initiative or strength of character, irresponsible
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Attestation
Testimony, formal written or spoken statement, the action of bearing witness
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Variegated
Exhibiting different colors as patches or streaks, marked by variety
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Ostensible
Stated or appearing to be true but not necessarily so
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Sibilant
Sounded with a hissing effect
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Nefarious
Wicked or criminal
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Parsimony
Stinginess, extreme unwillingness to spend money
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Turgid
Complex, pompous, or bombastic, swollen and distended or congested
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Bombastic
High sounding but with little meaning, inflated, turgid, pretentious
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Extradite
To hand over (a person accused or convicted of a crime) to the jurisdiction of the foreign state in which the crime was committed
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Interdict
An authoritative prohibition "An interdict against marriage of those of close kin"
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Expurgate
To remove material thought to be objectionable or in suitable (from a book or account)
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Depraved
Morally or corrupt or wicked
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Indigence
A state of extreme poverty
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Penury
Extreme poverty; destitution
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Brazen
Bold and without shame
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Deference
Humble submission and respect
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Rake
A fashionable or wealthy man of dissolute or promiscuous habits
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Maverick
An unorthodox or independent minded person
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Delegate
A person sent or authorized to represent others
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Munificent
(Of a gift or sum of money) larger or move generous than is usual or necessary
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Licentious
Promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters
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Occult
Supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices or phenomena
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Broach
To raise for a discussion or topic
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Lugubrious
Looking or sounding sad or dismal
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Jocund
Cheerful and light hearted
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Iniquitous
Grossly unfair and morally wrong
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Modification
The action of modifying something
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Remonstration
The act of saying or pleading in protest, objection or reproof
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Proxy
The authority to represent someone else, especially in voting, a person authorized to act on behalf of another
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Regale
To entertain or amuse with talk
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Recuse
To challenge (a judge or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a possible conflict of interest/lack of partiality
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Foment
To instigate or stir up

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