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1100 Words I Need To Know > 1st Month Vocab > Flashcards

1st Month Vocab Flashcards

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Indiscriminate

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Choosing at random without careful selection

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Voracious

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Desiring or consuming great quantities

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Eminent

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Of high reputation, outstanding

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Steeped

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Soaked, drenched, saturated

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Replete

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Completely filled or supplied with

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Abound

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To exist in great numbers

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Technology

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Branch of knowledge dealing with engineering, applied science, etc.

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Prognosticate

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To predict or foretell a future event

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Automaton

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A robot; a mechanical “person”

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Matron

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An older married woman

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Paradox

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A statement that at first seems to be absurd or self-contradictory but which may in fact turn out to be true

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Realm

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Special field of something or someone; kingdom

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Annals

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Historical records

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Compound

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To increase of add to

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Tinge

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A trace, smattering, or slight degree

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Badger

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To pester, nag, annoy persistently

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Implore

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To plead urgently for aid or mercy

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Drudgery

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Unpleasant, dull, or hard work

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Interminable

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Unending

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Perceive

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To understand, know, become aware of

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Laconic

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Expressing much in a few words

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Throng

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Crowd

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Intrepid

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Brave

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Accost

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To approach and speak to

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Reticent

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Silent

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Furtive

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Secret, stealthy

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Felon

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A person guilty of a major crime

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Plethora

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Excess

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Hapless

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Unfortunate

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Irate

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Angry, incensed

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Pretext

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An excuse

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Fabricate

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To lie; to construct

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Adroit

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Gesticulate

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Move the arms energetically

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Vigilant

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Avid

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Cajole

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Rudimentary

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Elementary

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Enhance

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Intensify, heighten

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Nuance

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Slight variation in meaning, tone

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Loathe

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Reprimand

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To show sharp disapproval

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Lackluster

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Caustic

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Sarcastic, biting

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Wrest

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Take by force

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Infamous

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Having a bad reputation

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Jostle

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To shove hard

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Dupe

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A person easily tricked

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Incipient

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Just beginning to exist

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Inadvertent

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Heedless, not attentive

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Ominous

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Threatening

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Tremulous

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Repudiate

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To reject, decline

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Cessation

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A stopping

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Bristle

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Stiffen with fear or anger

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Euphemism

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A less offensive term

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Mundane

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Incongruous

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Inappropriate

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Condolence

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Stipulate

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To specify a condition

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Alacrity

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Briskness, lively action

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Disdain

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Contempt, hatred

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Belligerent

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Intimidate

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To overawe

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Feint

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A false attack

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Pugnacious

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Quarrelsome

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Promulgate

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To make known officially

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Brash

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Impudent; (offensively bold, immodest, shameless, arrogant); lacking discretion, unwise-impulsive

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Scoff

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To sneer at

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Belittle

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To make seem less important

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Tangible

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Having actual form

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Laceration

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Jagged wound

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Castigate

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To correct by punishing

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Sordid

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Dirty, base

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Octogenarian

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Person in his or her eighties

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Solace

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Easing of grief

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Aspirant

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Candidate for high position

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Dregs

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Most worthless part

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Frenzy

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Scurrilous

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Coarse (vulgar, low, demeaning)

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